Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Amarillo, TX

FPUS3 KAMA 021435
AFDAMA

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1000 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

WILL BE BRIEF...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS STARTING AT 9 AM IN THE
PANHANDLES.  ZONES LOOK ON TRACK WILL PROBABLY GO WITH CATAGORICAL
POPS FOR THE AFTERNOON IF STORMS KEEP DEVELOPING.  UNSTABLE AIRMASS
JUST WAITING FOR A TRIGGER.  BOTH MODELS SHOW A STRONG VORT CENTER
OVER THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  WINDS WILL
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST BRINGING MORE MOISTURE AND
INCREASING STORM INFLOWS.

.AMA...NONE.
.OK...NONE.

COPLEY

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-030500-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

THERE IS A MODREATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE MODERATE
RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM FARWELL TO
AMARILLO TO CHILDRESS. ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE
REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISKE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WAS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
SOUTHERN NEVADA IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MOVING TOWARDS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...THE
DRYLINE WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...GENERALLY EXTENDING
FROM LAS VEGAS SOUTH TO WEST OF ROSWELL. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON TO THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO STATE LINE.
THESE FEATURES WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING ANTICIPATED. IN
ADDITION...ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR LIKELY
ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

ANDRADE

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>026-030500-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

THERE IS A MODREATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE MODERATE
RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM FARWELL TO
AMARILLO TO CHILDRESS. ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE
REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISKE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WAS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER
SOUTHERN NEVADA IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MOVING TOWARDS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...THE
DRYLINE WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...GENERALLY EXTENDING
FROM LAS VEGAS SOUTH TO WEST OF ROSWELL. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS AFTERNOON TO THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO STATE LINE.
THESE FEATURES WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING ANTICIPATED. IN
ADDITION...ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...PARTICULARLY IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE ENTIRE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR LIKELY
ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

ANDRADE