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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this blizzard warning at Dec 29, 2006, 4:36 PM CST for Cimarron County, Oklahoma; Dallam County, Hartley County, Texas. It was in force for 25 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2006, 4:36 PM CST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Kenton, OK | 5 TO 6 FOOT DRIFTS. ELECTRICITY OUT. |
| Dec 29, 9:07 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Dalhart, TX | ROADS ARE REALLY SLICK |
| Dec 30, 5:17 AM CST | SNOW 18 | Texline, TX | STRONG WINDS PRODUCING 4 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Keyes, OK | POWER OUT IN KEYES...BOISE CITY...ELKHART |
| Dec 30, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Keyes, OK | POWER OUT IN KEYES...BOISE CITY...AND ELKHART. OBSERVER INDICATED 12 INCHES IS THE MEASURED SNOW DEPTH. |
| Dec 30, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Keyes, OK | POWER OUT IN KEYES...BOISE CITY...AND ELKHART. PREVIOUS SNOW TOTAL OF 9 INCHES WAS UNDERESTIMATED. OBSERVER INDICATED 12 INCHES IS THE MEASURED SNOW DEPTH. |
| Dec 30, 2:39 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Boise City, OK | DRIFTS TO 5 FEET. |
| Dec 30, 2:45 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Griggs, OK | DRIFTS TO 5 FEET |
| Dec 30, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Texline, TX | DRIFTS TO 8 FEET. SNOW TOTAL WAS VERY HARD TO ESTIMATE DUE TO DRIFTING. |
| Dec 30, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Dalhart, TX | 2 AND ONE QUARTER INCHES MEASURED. DRIFTS TO 2 FEET. |
| Dec 30, 3:36 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Hartley, TX | |
| Dec 30, 3:39 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 12 N Romero, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KAMA 292236 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 436 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... .A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE A SLOW MOVEMENT EASTWARD. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH...AND INCREASING INSTABILITY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. AS THE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH...EXPECT A TRANSITION TO SNOW FOR A GREATER PORTION OF THE PANHANDLES AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO COOL BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS TO MANY OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 40 MPH IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. OKZ001-TXZ001-006-300645- /O.NEW.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.061229T2236Z-061230T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KAMA.WS.W.0004.061230T1200Z-061231T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 436 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW AND CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 12 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING THROUGH THE MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO DECREASE AFTER 6 AM SATURDAY ALLOWING THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. STAY ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO NEWS SOURCE. $$ OKZ002-TXZ002-300645- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ TEXAS-SHERMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...STRATFORD 436 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. STAY ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO NEWS SOURCE. $$ OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>010-012>014-017-018-300645- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.061230T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...CANYON... CLAUDE 436 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE COLD AIR MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. AREAS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES CAN EXPECT THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TAKING PLACE DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN SOME AREAS WITHIN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES INCLUDING AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN AMARILLO AND THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO NEWS SOURCE. $$ TXZ011-016-300645- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ OLDHAM-DEAF SMITH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...HEREFORD 436 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE COLD AIR MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. AREAS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES CAN EXPECT THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TAKING PLACE DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN SOME AREAS WITHIN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES INCLUDING AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN AMARILLO AND THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO NEWS SOURCE. $$ JJB/MK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KAMA 300525 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1125 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... .A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE A SLOW MOVEMENT NORTHEAST. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH...AND INCREASING INSTABILITY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE...EXPECT A TRANSITION TO SNOW FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER OKLAHOMA TO WAYSIDE TEXAS BY SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 35 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR RANGE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. OKZ001-TXZ001-006-301200- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061230T1200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.061230T1200Z-061231T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 1125 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW AND CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 12 AND 18 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING THROUGH THE MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO DECREASE AFTER 6 AM SATURDAY ALLOWING THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NEARLY ONE THIRD OF PEOPLE KILLED IN WINTER STORMS DIE IN VEHICLES FROM EXPOSURE. SHOULD YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR CAR...STAY IN YOUR VEHICLE. REMAIN VISIBLE TO RESCUERS BY ATTACHING A BRIGHTLY-COLORED CLOTH TO YOUR ANTENNA...AND KEEP THE OVERHEAD LIGHT ON. DO NOT RUN YOUR ENGINE MORE THAN 10 MINUTES EVERY HOUR...AND MAKE SURE ICE OR SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK YOUR EXHAUST. MOVE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING. KEEP ONE WINDOW SLIGHTLY OPEN TO LET FRESH AIR IN. STAY ALERT TO THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO NEWS SOURCE. $$ OKZ002-TXZ002-301200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ TEXAS-SHERMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...STRATFORD 1125 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. $$ OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>014-016>018-301200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 1125 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE COLD AIR MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW. AREAS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES CAN EXPECT THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TAKING PLACE DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN SOME AREAS WITHIN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES WITH NEAR ONE FOOT ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE IN DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. $$ GOEHRING
000 WWUS44 KAMA 301040 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 440 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... .A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS REGION WILL CONTINUE A SLOW MOVEMENT NORTHEAST. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH...AND INCREASING INSTABILITY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WARM AIR OVERRIDING THE COLD AIR ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL REASULT IN A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW. IN ADDITION...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR RANGE IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAINLY DURING THE DAY TODAY. ELSEWHERE...TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH FOR MAINLY RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TODAY. OKZ001-TXZ001-006-301845- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0004.061230T1200Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KAMA.WS.W.0004.061231T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... HARTLEY...CHANNING 440 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLES. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW AND CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 12 AND 18 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO DECREASE BY THIS EVENING ALLOWING THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL THEN TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. NEARLY ONE THIRD OF PEOPLE KILLED IN WINTER STORMS DIE IN VEHICLES FROM EXPOSURE. SHOULD YOU BECOME STRANDED IN YOUR CAR... STAY IN YOUR VEHICLE. REMAIN VISIBLE TO RESCUERS BY ATTACHING A BRIGHTLY-COLORED CLOTH TO YOUR ANTENNA...AND KEEP THE OVERHEAD LIGHT ON. DO NOT RUN YOUR ENGINE MORE THAN 10 MINUTES EVERY HOUR...AND MAKE SURE ICE OR SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK YOUR EXHAUST. MOVE YOUR ARMS AND LEGS TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING. KEEP ONE WINDOW SLIGHTLY OPEN TO LET FRESH AIR IN. STAY ALERT TO THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT BY TUNING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO NEWS SOURCE. $$ TXZ005-010-301145- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...CANADIAN 440 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. RAIN ALONG WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS THE UPPER LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS REGION AND INTO OKLAHOMA. THE FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES DOWN INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE EXITING UPPER LOW. HOWEVER...ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW AN INCH AND ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OKZ002-TXZ002-301845- /O.EXT.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ TEXAS-SHERMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...STRATFORD 440 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE A COMBINATION OF WIDESPREAD SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ OKZ003-TXZ003-004-007>009-011>014-016>018-301845- /O.EXT.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER- CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 440 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND FOR THE NORTHEAST...CENTRAL...SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD AIR TO PRODUCE A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN SOME AREAS WITHIN THE BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SCHNEIDER/JORDAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 29, 12:39 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 12:39 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1239 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
.AVIATION...
DISMAL AVIATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH
TOMORROW. GENERALLY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL ALTHOUGH BREAKS
BETWEEN ROUNDS OF PRECIP MAY TEMPORARILY ALLOW FOR MVFR
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY EARLY AT KAMA. RAIN/SNOW LINE IS WEST OF
KGUY AND KAMA...BUT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW AT THESE SITES LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER
AS UPPER SYSTEM NEARS...SFC WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUSTAINED FROM THE
NORTH/NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE...AND SNOW
INTENSITY INCREASING...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT.
KRAMAR
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 528 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/
AVIATION...
COMPLICATED AVIATION FORECAST IN STORE FOR THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS.
MAIN ISSUE IS WHEN TRANSITION FROM LIQUID TO FROZEN PRECIPITATION
WILL OCCUR. FOR THE NORTHERN TAF SITES...I HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT
THE TRANSITION WILL BE FAIRLY RAPID WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET TO FORM AS KGUY AND KCAO HAVE ALREADY SWITCHED OVER TO
SNOW...EVEN THOUGH KGUY IS STILL 2 DEG C ABOVE FREEZING. ONLY ISSUE
IS AT KDHT WHERE -FZRA IS BEING REPORTED...BUT FEEL THIS IS AN ISSUE
WITH THE SENSOR AS OPPOSED TO ACTUAL PRECIP TYPE. KGUY AND KDHT WILL
LIKELY SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE SWITCHING
OVER TO PREDOMINANT SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON AROUND 19 TO 20Z. STRONG
NORTHERLY WIND WILL ALSO RAMP UP AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN/EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. COMBINATION OF CEILINGS AOB
OVC005 AND LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING OR MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN LIFR AND VLIFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TAF SITES BY
LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
KAMA TAF SITE PRESENTS THE MOST DIFFICULT SCENARIO. IT APPEARS THAT
LIFR CIGS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE MORNING. HAD
TO LEAVE IN TEMPO GROUP WITH -TSRA IN AS PERIODIC BANDS OF MODERATE
PRECIP CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS KAMA AND NLDN GRAPHICS SHOW LIGHTNING
STRIKES WITH THESE STORMS. AS THE PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND TSRA
MOVE ACROSS THE AERODROME...CIGS WILL BRIEFLY IMPROVE INTO THE IFR
AND POSSIBLY MVFR CATEGORIES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARDS
NORTHERLY THROUGH THE DAY...BUT SHOULD TAKE A BIT LONGER TO RAMP UP
INTO THE BREEZY CATEGORY THAN NORTHERN SITES. BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...FEEL THAT KAMA SHOULD FINALLY SEE THE SURFACE LOW SLIDE
EAST OF THE AREA AND WIND SPEEDS START TO PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTH.
PRECIP SHOULD START TO MIX WITH SNOW AROUND 19Z AS COLDER AIR FILTERS
IN AT THE SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO COOL...WITH THE
PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE BEING RAIN. THERE COULD BE A VERY BRIEF
PERIOD OF -FZRA LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT FEEL THIS IS A SLIM
POSSIBILITY BASED ON RECENT AREA OBS. FINALLY BY AROUND SUNSET /01Z
ON THE 30TH/ PRECIP SHOULD CONVERT OVER TO ALL SNOW. UNFORTUNATELY...
IT ALSO APPEARS THE WIND WILL START TO RAMP UP AND LIFR TO VLIFR
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE FROM AROUND 06Z
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW STARTS
TO FALL RESULTING IN POSSIBLE RAPID ACCUMULATION. WITH BREEZY
NORTHERLY WIND...DRIFTING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND ANY
BUILDINGS/FENCES/TOWERS AROUND THE KAMA FIELD.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN COMMENCE ACROSS ALL THREE TAF
SITES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HAVE DECIDED TO CARRY MODERATE
SNOW AND LIFR CIGS ALL THE WAY THROUGH END OF THIS TAF CYCLE WHICH
WILL IMPACT MORNING OPERATIONS AT ALL TAF SITES SATURDAY MORNING.
JORDAN
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/
DISCUSSION...
COMPLICATED WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLES TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. BIGGEST CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS GRIDS AND FORECAST
WAS IN THE SNOWFALL TOTALS MATCHING WINTER STORM WARNING
CRITERIA...MAINLY IN THE EASTERN THIRD OR HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.
COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES EARLY THIS
MORNING AND LOCATED ROUGHLY NEAR A KGUY TO KCVS LINE. STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...RAISED WIND SPEEDS IN THE GRIDS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPS TODAY TRICKY AS MOS GUIDANCE NO HELP...WAY
TOO WARM...AND UNDERCUT GUIDANCE BY SEVERAL DEGREES. MODELS TRACKING
UPPER LOW ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NM TO NEAR KEPZ TODAY...BETWEEN KEPZ
AND KMAF OR OVER SOUTHEASTERN NM TONIGHT...AND THEN INTO THE
PANHANDLES ON SATURDAY. THE UPPER LOW IS THEN FORECASTED TO LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES BY SUNDAY. HEAVIEST SNOWS
WILL DEFINITELY BE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS TODAY THROUGH
SATURDAY WHERE WSW ALREADY IN EFFECT. AMOUNTS TRICKIER FURTHER
EAST...BUT IT APPEARS THAT ON THE CAPROCK THAT 6 TO 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE FROM BEAVER OK TO ROUGHLY CLAUDE TX. LOCATIONS FURTHER TO
THE EAST MAY ONLY RECEIVE 4 TO 6 INCHES AT THE MOST BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE PANHANDLES
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF WITH ONLY SOME
WRAP AROUND PRECIP MAINLY ACROSS THE OK AND NORTHERN TX PANHANDLES.
DECREASING CLOUDS SUNDAY AND WENT COLDER ON TEMPS AS SNOWPACK LIKELY
TO AFFECT TEMPS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS FORECASTING A SECOND UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING THE PANHANDLES
BY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR
FORECASTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONE AS MODELS
PAINTING QPF ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH. DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW DURING THE LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK
WITH NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONABLE TEMPS.
SCHNEIDER
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...GRAY...
HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...
OCHILTREE...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...HARTLEY...OLDHAM...SHERMAN.
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 4:30 PM CST, 6 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 430 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301200- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 430 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR OTHER AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. IN THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP...RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINING WITH BREEZY WINDS... ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DEVELOP AS BREEZY WINDS COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KRAMAR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 29, 1:52 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
152 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0151 PM HEAVY SNOW 15 NW BOISE CITY 36.88N 102.70W
12/29/2006 E8.0 INCH CIMARRON OK TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH
SNOW STILL FALLNIG
&&
JJBLocal storm report, Dec 29, 1:55 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
155 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 PM SNOW BOISE CITY 36.73N 102.51W
12/29/2006 E7.0 INCH CIMARRON OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
CIMARRON CO. S.O. REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND AND STILL FALLING IN BOISE CITY
&&
JJBLocal storm report, Dec 29, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
156 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0156 PM SNOW DALHART 36.06N 102.52W
12/29/2006 E3.0 INCH DALLAM TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DALLAM CO S.O. REPORTED 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
WITH SNOW STILL FALLING
&&
JJBLocal storm report, Dec 29, 2:06 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
206 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0206 PM SNOW 14 NW DALHART 36.21N 102.69W
12/29/2006 E6.0 INCH DALLAM TX PUBLIC
WAIST HIGH DRIFTS WITH AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW
&&
MRKLocal storm report, Dec 29, 2:48 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
248 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0246 PM SNOW ADRIAN 35.28N 102.66W
12/29/2006 E2.0 INCH OLDHAM TX TRAINED SPOTTER
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH LIMITED WIND
&&
MRKLocal storm report, Dec 29, 2:49 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
249 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0151 PM SNOW 15 NW BOISE CITY 36.88N 102.70W
12/29/2006 E8.0 INCH CIMARRON OK TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WITH
SNOW STILL FALLNIG
&&
CORRECTED EVENT
JJBNearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.