Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 12, 2007, 3:45 PM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 12, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 45 hr. 21 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
- Jan 12, 2007, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2007, 2:52 PM CST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
All 23 counties
Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 12:27 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Amarillo, TX | SLEET BEGAN AT 1114 PM AND ACCUMULATED 0.50 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Jan 13, 4:36 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Claude, TX | S.O. REPORTED A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW THAT APPEARED TO BE 1 INCH DEEP. |
| Jan 13, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dalhart, TX | |
| Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Dalhart, TX | PRIMARILY SNOW. VERY LITTLE ICE. |
| Jan 13, 11:04 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Guymon, OK | ICE AND SLEET INCLUDED IN TOTAL. |
| Jan 13, 11:23 AM CST | SLEET 1 | White Deer, TX | MAINLY SLEET |
| Jan 13, 11:27 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Pampa, TX | MAINLY SLEET. SOME SNOW. |
| Jan 13, 11:31 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Lefors, TX | |
| Jan 13, 11:35 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Miami, TX | COMBINATION OF SLEET AND SNOW |
| Jan 13, 11:44 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Canadian, TX | MAINLY SLEET WITH SOME SNOW. |
| Jan 13, 11:54 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Vega, TX | HALF INCH SLEET. ONE AND HALF SNOW. |
| Jan 13, 11:54 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Vega, TX | HALF INCH SLEET. ONE AND HALF SNOW. |
| Jan 14, 10:42 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Wellington, TX | |
| Jan 14, 10:47 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Clarendon, TX | HALF INCH SLEET MEASURED |
| Jan 14, 10:53 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Lefors, TX | MAINLY SLEET WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW AS WELL |
| Jan 14, 10:57 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Canadian, TX | |
| Jan 14, 11:03 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Higgins, TX | ESTIMATED 1 INCH SLEET AND 1 INCH SNOW |
| Jan 14, 11:03 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Higgins, TX | ESTIMATED 1 INCH SLEET AND 1 INCH SNOW |
| Jan 14, 11:16 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Miami, TX | MAINLY SLEET WITH SOME SNOW |
| Jan 14, 11:19 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Wheeler, TX | ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF MAINLY SLEET ON GROUND |
| Jan 14, 11:24 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 15 S Perryton, TX | ESTIMATED ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND ONE INCH OF SNOW |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 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 122145 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 345 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTRY MIX HEADED FOR THE PANHANDLES... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL RIDE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW FOR THE PANHANDLES. TXZ001>020-130000- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WS.W.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T0000Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY... CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD... CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 345 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING A THIN COATING OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW 0 RANGE. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PANHANDLES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME PREDOMINANT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH DECREASING ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS THE ELEVATED WARM AIR LAYER DIMINISHES. 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. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ001>003-130545- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WS.W.0001.070113T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN 345 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW 0 RANGE. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PANHANDLES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME PREDOMINANT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH DECREASING ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS THE ELEVATED WARM AIR LAYER DIMINISHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KAMA 130124 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 724 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...A VARIETY OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL RIDE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND SNOW FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-130930- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 724 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE HALF OF INCH POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE. 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. 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. $$ ANDRADE
000 WWUS44 KAMA 130917 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 317 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...A VARIETY OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND SUNDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL RIDE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-132130- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 317 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE HALF OF INCH POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE. 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. 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. ALSO...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$ JJB/SD
000 WWUS44 KAMA 132059 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 259 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...A VARIETY OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL RIDE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...THOUGH SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-140500- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 259 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION...LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE. 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. 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. ALSO...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. $$
000 WWUS44 KAMA 140405 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1005 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...A VARIETY OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT...THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL RIDE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...ALTHOUGH SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-141100- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 1005 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...WITH THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS ONE INCH POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION... LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES MAY DROP INTO THE ZERO TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IN ADDITION...ROADS... BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ ANDRADE
000 WWUS44 KAMA 141133 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 533 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...A VARIETY OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES TODAY... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES TODAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL RIDE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...ALTHOUGH SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-150000- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 533 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...WITH THE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE NOON. ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. IN ADDITION...LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES MAY DROP INTO THE ZERO TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. IN ADDITION...ROADS... BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ JJB/SD
000 WWUS44 KAMA 142052 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 252 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL BRING ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR INTO THE PANHANDLES CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO DROP AND INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS. THE COLD AIR COMBINED WITH STRONGER WINDS WILL BRING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>006-150600- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WC.Y.0001.070115T0600Z-070115T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING 252 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WILL BRING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH AND WELL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS COLD AIR WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES...AND COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE LOW WIND CHILL READINGS OF 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TXZ007>020-142200- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070115T0000Z/ MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY- WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN... VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 252 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WILL BRING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH AND WELL BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 12, 12:20 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 12:20 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1220 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007
.AVIATION...
AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH FROM THE WEST AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE AND COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES THROUGH SATURDAY. LOW
CLOUDINESS AND AREAS OF FOG WILL KEEP CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IN
THE LIFR TO MVFR CRITERIA THROUGH SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS
OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY. MAINLY SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE OK AND NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE WITH A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW FURTHER SOUTH.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 538 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007/
AVIATION...
WITH COLD FRONT SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES...EXPECTING NORTHERLY SFC
WINDS IN THE 15KT GUSTING TO 20KT RANGE TO REMAIN THROUGH THE
MORNING...VEERING SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. VLIFR
CIGS WITH FZFG WILL LINGER ACROSS THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PANHANDLES
THIS MORNING...UNTIL DRIER AIR IS ABLE TO PUSH SOUTH ALLOWING THE
CIGS TO LIFT SLIGHTLY INTO THE LOW END MVFR RANGE AROUND 17Z TO 18Z.
THE FOG MAY LIFT A FEW HOURS SOONER IF THE LOWER DEW POINTS CAN PUSH
SOUTH FASTER THAN MODELS SUGGEST. ALSO CONCERNS OVER START TIME FOR
PRECIP THIS EVENING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD
HOLD OFF UNTIL 06Z...SO DECIDED TO START MENTIONING THE FROZEN PRECIP
FROM 06Z TO 12Z. HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN/ICING NOT EXPECTED UNTIL
LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY.
JJB
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007/
DISCUSSION...
ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL INTO THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING. WOULD
EXPECT TEMPERATURE TO DROP ANOTHER 5 DEGREES OR SO AND THEN HOLD
MAINLY STEADY THROUGH THE DAY WITH A LOW OVERCAST SKY. SOME LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS WAA OVER THE COLD DOME MAY BE
ENOUGH TO BREAK OUT SOME PRECIP.
HOWEVER...UPPER LOW IS STILL DIGGING SOUTHWARD ACROSS CALIFORNIA
EARLY THIS MORNING. MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION
OF THE LOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST WATER
VAPOR SATELLITE THEY MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING. THINK THE BEST CHANCE OF
ACCUMULATING ICE OR SNOW WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH THE
DYNAMICS OF THE UPPER LOW AS IT SHEARS ITS WAY EASTWARD
ACROSS COLORADO AND KANSAS. UNTIL THEN...WE COULD STILL
SEE PERIODS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE WAA REGIME OVER THE COLD
DOME. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP THE WINTER STORM WATCH GOING AND WILL
EXTEND IT IN TIME THROUGH SUNDAY DUE TO THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE
UPPER LOW. THE COLD AIR IS DEEPER THAN THE MODELS ESTIMATED...SO
SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET A LITTLE SOONER.
FOR NOW HAVE NOT GOTTEN TOO FANCY AND JUST PUT FREEZING RAIN...
SNOW AND SLEET IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS
THE ENTIRE CWA. WE CAN REFINE THE FORECAST AS WE GET CLOSER TO
THE EVENT.
PANHANDLES WILL REMAIN IN A COOLER THAN NORMAL PATTERN THROUGH THE
REST OF THIS FORECAST AS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO BRING RE-
ENFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR TO THE REGION.
HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH THE COOLEST GUIDANCE OR COLDER FOR
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS FORECAST.
THANKS FOR THE COORDINATION PUB...DDC AND OUN.
AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...
HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...
MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...
SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...
DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...
HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...
OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...
HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...
MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...
SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...
TEXAS.
&&
99/99Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 1:00 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-131200- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING FOG AND OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. OCCASIONAL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TODAY. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH SOME SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS EFFECT AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWER ALLOWING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO LINGER INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH EXPECTED ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCHNEIDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 9:49 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 8 hr |
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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.