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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Amarillo, TX

May 1, 20254 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2025, 10:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2025, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 6:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADallam35 min
May 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Oldham42 min
May 1, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHartley36 min
May 1, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter47 min
May 1, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMASherman26 min
May 1, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham48 min
May 1, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMADeaf Smith25 min
May 1, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman46 min
May 1, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith41 min
May 1, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Oldham46 min
May 1, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAPotter33 min
May 1, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHutchinson26 min
May 1, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith48 min
May 1, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMACarson34 min
May 1, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall30 min
May 1, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARoberts28 min
May 1, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMARandall47 min
May 1, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMADeaf Smith, Randall27 min
May 1, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAGray, Roberts37 min
May 1, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall26 min
May 1, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMAHemphill, Wheeler31 min
May 2, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementAMARandall37 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.