Alert archive / Texas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this winter storm warning at Dec 9, 2007, 3:33 PM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 35 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 9, 2007, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 10:35 AM CST
- In force
- 35 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 21:33 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 11, 12:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Clarendon, TX | REPORTED LIGHT ICE ACCRUAL ON VEHICLES BUT NOT ON ROADS |
| Dec 11, 1:28 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Groom, TX | REPORTED AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON LIMBS |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 22 Ene Canadian, TX | |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Nw Booker, TX | |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Texline, TX | |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Follett, TX | |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Knowles, OK | |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Miami, TX | |
| Dec 11, 5:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Beaver, OK | |
| Dec 11, 10:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Tyrone, OK | |
| Dec 11, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Boise City, OK | |
| Dec 11, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Kenton, OK |
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, 9.6 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 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 092133 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 333 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MONDAY...WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID WEEK. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM...ENHANCING CHANCES FOR FREEZING PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-100400- /O.NEW.KAMA.WS.W.0005.071210T0600Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ 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 333 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT...SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. SLEET AND SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY BECOME MIXED IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW WITH SOME SLEET MIXED ON TUESDAY. THIS MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS AS WELL AS DOWNED POWER LINES. 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 WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JOHNSON
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KAMA 100351 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 951 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MONDAY...WITH A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID WEEK. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM...ENHANCING CHANCES FOR FREEZING PRECIPITATION STARTING LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN PLACE AS THE STORM SYSTEM COULD BE SLOW TO EXIT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE WINTER WEATHER BEING PROLONGED THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0005.071210T0600Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ 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 951 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THEN SPREAD AREAWIDE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. SLEET AND SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY BECOME MIXED IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION TO MOSTLY SNOW MIXED WITH SOME SLEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE EVENT. AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION...A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION ALREADY ON THE GROUND. BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY PROLONG HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ JORDAN
000 WWUS44 KAMA 101125 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 525 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID WEEK. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM...ENHANCING CHANCES FOR FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN PLACE AS THE STORM SYSTEM COULD BE SLOW TO EXIT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE WINTER WEATHER BEING PROLONGED THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101930- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ 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 525 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...AND WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS BY THE END OF THE EVENT. AS THE MAIN UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION...A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND ELEVATED SURFACES. BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY PROLONG HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ JC
000 WWUS44 KAMA 101836 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1236 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID WEEK. THE WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN PLACE AS THE STORM SYSTEM COULD BE SLOW TO EXIT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE WINTER WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-110100- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ 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 1236 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ON TUESDAY. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. TEMPERATURES IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAVE WARMED ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...WHILE LOCATIONS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. THEREFORE...THE MAIN IMPACTS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PANHANDLES WITH A COLD RAIN ACROSS THE WEST. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED OFF THE CAPROCK. BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT AND TIMING...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY PROLONG HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS44 KAMA 110118 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 718 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT...WITH A REINFORCING SURGE OF COLD AIR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TUESDAY. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MID WEEK. THE WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN PLACE AS THE STORM SYSTEM COULD BE SLOW TO EXIT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN THE WINTER WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-110930- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ 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 718 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED OVER NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTS TOWARDS TEXAS. TEMPERATURES IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAVE WARMED ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...WHILE LOCATIONS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES ARE NEAR FREEZING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...THE FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA... WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED OFF THE CAPROCK. ON TUESDAY...ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL PRESS SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT...TIMING AND PRECIPITATION TYPE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY PROLONG HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ NUNEZ
000 WWUS44 KAMA 110530 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1130 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE OVER THE PANHANDLES OVERNIGHT... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES...WAS LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST LATE THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS MAIN SYSTEM...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WAS PUSHING TOWARDS THE PANHANDLES...PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD PREVAIL EARLY. HOWEVER... SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...SPREADING FREEZING RAIN AREAWIDE. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS SCHEDULED TO PUSH THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...BRINGING A DEEPER LAYER OF COLD AIR. AS A RESULT...FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THEN SNOW BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. LATEST MODELS SHOW THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW THOUGH AMOUNTS ARE STILL IN QUESTION. THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY WHILE THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDES TOWARDS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ 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 1130 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WAS ADVANCING INTO THE PANHANDLES AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTS TOWARDS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY PART OF NIGHT. AS READINGS FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES HOWEVER...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD BECOME PREDOMINANTLY FREEZING RAIN BY LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH AS MUCH AS ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR MORE EAST OF THE CAPROCK. ON TUESDAY...ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL PRESS SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE AMOUNT...TIMING AND PRECIPITATION TYPE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY PROLONG HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ NUNEZ
000 WWUS44 KAMA 111028 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 428 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES...WILL CONTINUE LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS MAIN SYSTEM...A SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE PANHANDLES...PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD PREVAIL EARLY. HOWEVER... SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...SPREADING FREEZING RAIN AREAWIDE. ALSO...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES...BRINGING A DEEPER LAYER OF COLD AIR. AS A RESULT...FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-111830- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071211T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WW.Y.0004.071211T1028Z-071212T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD... CANYON...CLAUDE 428 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-111830- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0004.071211T1200Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 428 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN TODAY WILL ACCUMULATE TO AMOUNTS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH AS MUCH AS ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR MORE EAST OF THE CAPROCK. A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF THE PANHANDLES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JC
000 WWUS44 KAMA 111635 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY. PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW...OCCASIONALLY BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET. OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-120000- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KAMA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN ONE THIRD OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...WHILE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-120000- /O.CON.KAMA.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD... CANYON...CLAUDE 1035 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TODAY...OCCASIONALLY BECOMING MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. PERSONS LIVING OR TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. $$ JOHNSON
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 Dec 9, 3:03 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 3:03 PM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
303 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007
.DISCUSSION...
VERY TRICKY FORECAST THIS PACKAGE AS FAR AS TEMPS AND PRECIP ARE
CONCERNED. MODELS FORECASTING WARM AIR ADVECTION INTO THE PANHANDLES
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH PRECIP CHANGING OVER TO LIQUID BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. SHALLOW MODIFIED CANADIAN AIRMASS IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE
BELOW 850 MBS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH DEEP LAYER OF WARM AND
MOIST AIR BETWEEN 850 AND 700 MBS. ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO A
FREEZING RAIN AND/OR SLEET EPISODE WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SNOW
EXCEPT FOR SOME FLURRIES MIXED IN. IF THE MODELS ARE CORRECT...THE
PANHANDLES WILL SEE A BRIEF WINDOW OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO LIQUID AS THE COLD
AIRMASS ERODES FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY AS
TEMPS RISE ABOVE FREEZING. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR IS
FORECASTED TO ARRIVE IN THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. HOWEVER...MODELS KEEPING TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING DURING THIS
TIME AND THEN DROPS TEMPS BELOW FREEZING BY TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER MOST
OF THE MOISTURE HAS BEEN SCOURED OUT TO THE EAST. A LOT TO
CONSIDER...ALTHOUGH GOING WITH THE SOLUTION THAT THE MODELS NOT
HANDLING THE SHALLOWNESS OF THE COLD AIR DUE TO VERTICAL RESOLUTION
AND DECIDED TO UNDERCUT NUMERICAL MOS GUIDANCE AT LEAST THROUGH
TUESDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...WILL CALL FOR MAINLY A FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET EVENT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE PRECIP THEN TRANSITIONING
TO SNOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE REINFORCING COLD AIRMASS
PUSHES INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND COLD LAYER AT THE SURFACE DEEPENS.
WITH THE WARM LAYER ABOVE 850 MBS EXPERIENCING SOUTHERLY
WINDS...MODELS FORECASTING SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SHOT OF COLDER AIR. FEEL THAT WINDS
WILL REMAIN IN AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT BETWEEN NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST
AT THE SURFACE AND HAVE DISREGARDED THE MODEL WIND FORECAST.
CONFIDENCE INCREASING ABOUT A MIX OF FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIP
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...SO DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE WINTER STORM
WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. DUE TO LACK OF
CONFIDENCE IN THE TUESDAY PERIOD...DECIDED TO LEAVE WINTER STORM
WATCH ALONE FOR NOW. CONCERNED ABOUT FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIP
CAUSING PROBLEMS AFTER 06Z MONDAY AND...WITH TOMORROW BEING A WEEKDAY
AND OUR CUSTOMERS GOING BACK TO WORK AND SCHOOL...DECIDED TO BEGIN
THE WARNING AS EARLY AS 06Z MONDAY TO COVER ANY ICING PROBLEMS THAT
MAY OCCUR TONIGHT. STILL FEEL THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIP WILL BE
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTH AND
EAST TOWARDS THE PANHANDLES.
WILL ALSO CALL FOR AREAS OF FOG TONIGHT AS EVAPORATIONAL COOLING
TAKES PLACE AND TEMPS FALL INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS NOW BACKING OFF ON SLOWER TIMING OF THE UPPER SYSTEM PUSHING
OUT OF THE PANHANDLES. WILL HOLD ON TO SOME LINGERING PRECIP EARLY
WEDNESDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS...HOWEVER SHOULD SEE DRIER AIR
AND DECREASING CLOUDINESS WORKING FROM WEST TO EAST BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. DRIER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE A
NORTHERN STREAM UPPER TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND
APPROACHES THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT PROGGED TO PUSH
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY HELPING TO
REINFORCE THE COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. INCREASING CLOUDINESS LATE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE
NORTHWEST. DECIDED TO INTRODUCE SOME LOW END SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
FRIDAY IN THE EXTREME WESTERN TX PANHANDLE NEAR THE STATE LINE AS
SOME STRONG VORT ENERGY TRACKS SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL ROCKIES. DEPENDING ON AVAILABLE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE IN
PLACE/ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM OR LACK THEREOF...LATER SHIFTS MAY
NEED TO ADJUST POPS LATE THIS WEEK. ADJUSTED TEMPS AND SKY COVER IN
THE LATER PERIODS...OTHERWISE TRIED TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY AND
CONTINUITY WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST AND GRIDS.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 21 29 24 32 23 / 20 90 80 50 10
BEAVER OK 14 28 25 32 20 / 20 80 80 60 20
BOISE CITY OK 17 32 22 32 19 / 20 80 80 50 20
BORGER TX 23 28 26 33 24 / 20 80 80 50 20
BOYS RANCH TX 22 31 25 33 25 / 20 80 80 50 10
CANYON TX 20 30 23 33 25 / 30 90 80 50 10
CLARENDON TX 22 30 26 33 24 / 30 80 80 60 10
DALHART TX 19 31 23 33 20 / 20 80 80 50 20
GUYMON OK 18 27 24 33 21 / 20 80 90 50 20
HEREFORD TX 21 29 24 35 25 / 30 90 80 50 10
LIPSCOMB TX 22 28 26 33 24 / 20 80 80 60 20
PAMPA TX 23 27 26 32 22 / 20 80 80 60 20
SHAMROCK TX 23 30 27 32 25 / 40 80 80 60 20
WELLINGTON TX 25 31 29 33 27 / 40 80 80 60 20
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY
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 TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
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 WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...
TEXAS.
&&
11/24Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:33 PM CST, 0 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 333 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101200- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 333 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ONE HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...SPREADING AREAWIDE LATE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING... FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM WATCH ON TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN... OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THERE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SNOW BECOMING MORE PREVALENT ON TUESDAY. THIS SNOW MAY LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE EAST. THIS COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND DOWNED POWER LINES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED IN REPORT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO. JOHNSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 9, 9:53 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
953 AM CST SUN DEC 09 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 NW CANYON 35.00N 101.95W
12/09/2007 M0.04 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00095
KJSLocal storm report, Dec 9, 10:01 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1001 AM CST SUN DEC 09 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM FREEZING RAIN DALHART 36.06N 102.52W
12/08/2007 E0.13 INCH DALLAM TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REPORTED ACROSS DALHART
0930 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 S DALHART 36.05N 102.52W
12/08/2007 E0.13 INCH HARTLEY TX COUNTY OFFICIAL
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REPROTED ACROSS DALHART
1230 AM FREEZING RAIN VEGA 35.25N 102.43W
12/09/2007 E0.13 INCH OLDHAM TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS ARE QUITE ICY. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON MOST
SURFACES. I 40 SHUT DOWN DUE TO ACCIDENTS.
0130 AM FREEZING RAIN HEREFORD 34.82N 102.40W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH DEAF SMITH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WINDSHIELDS AND ELEVATED SURFACES HAD A MODEST COAT OF
ICE AND ROADS WERE PRETTY SLICK
0219 AM FREEZING RAIN AMARILLO 35.20N 101.82W
12/09/2007 E0.20 INCH POTTER TX NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE IN DOWNTOWN AMARILLO REPORTED FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW FALLING. INDICATED THERE WAS
ALMOST ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ON CAR...WITH
ANOTHER ONE QUARTER INCH OF SNOW.
0230 AM FREEZING RAIN 6 SW AMARILLO 35.14N 101.89W
12/09/2007 E0.10 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
THIN COATING OF ICE ON ROAD SURFACE AND TREES.
0300 AM FREEZING RAIN 8 E AMARILLO 35.20N 101.68W
12/09/2007 M0.20 INCH POTTER TX NWS OFFICE
MEASURED ICE ACCUMULATION ON A FEW SURFACES AND FOUND
THE MAX ICE ACCUMULATION TO BE TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
0300 AM FREEZING RAIN GUYMON 36.69N 101.48W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH TEXAS OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME ICY ROADS BUT ICE WAS MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES
0300 AM FREEZING RAIN PAMPA 35.55N 100.96W
12/09/2007 E0.10 INCH GRAY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES
0330 AM FREEZING RAIN BEAVER 36.81N 100.52W
12/09/2007 E0.10 INCH BEAVER OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS TREES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES
0330 AM FREEZING RAIN 5 E CLARENDON 34.94N 100.80W
12/09/2007 E0.10 INCH DONLEY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS SLICK EAST OF CLARENDON
0400 AM FREEZING RAIN BOISE CITY 36.73N 102.51W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH CIMARRON OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
ICING WAS MAINLY CONFINED TO TREES AND ELEVATED
SURFACES
0545 AM FREEZING RAIN CLAUDE 35.11N 101.36W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH ARMSTRONG TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0615 AM FREEZING RAIN STRATFORD 36.34N 102.07W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH SHERMAN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ALL SURFACES. DUSTING OF
SNOW ON TOP.
0615 AM FREEZING RAIN DUMAS 35.86N 101.97W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH MOORE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS
0705 AM FREEZING RAIN PERRYTON 36.39N 100.80W
12/09/2007 E0.20 INCH OCHILTREE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING
RAIN
0710 AM FREEZING RAIN SPEARMAN 36.20N 101.19W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH HANSFORD TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0845 AM SLEET LIPSCOMB 36.23N 100.27W
12/09/2007 E0.50 INCH LIPSCOMB TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
0845 AM FREEZING RAIN WELLINGTON 34.85N 100.21W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH COLLINGSWORTH TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ELEVATED SURFACES ARE ICY
0858 AM FREEZING RAIN WHEELER 35.44N 100.28W
12/09/2007 E0.05 INCH WHEELER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
ICE ON ROADS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
0950 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 NW CANYON 35.00N 101.95W
12/09/2007 M0.04 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
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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.