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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX

January 24, 20268 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 24, 2026, 1:31 PM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 25, 2026, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2026, 1:31 PM CST (19:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2026, 9:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 26, 2026, 10:15 AM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 23, 5:37 PM CST, 19 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 5:37 PM CST, 19 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 1:31 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	AMA	Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 6 more	45 hr

Nearby

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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.