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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

October 21, 2008Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this high wind warning at Oct 21, 2008, 3:10 PM CDT for Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 21, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr. 4 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
Oct 21, 2008, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 21, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 22, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 21, 11:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 641 W Hooker, OK
Oct 22, 12:20 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 641 Ssw Beaver, OK
Oct 22, 12:40 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 598 W Slapout, OK
Oct 22, 1:52 AM CDTHAIL 0.881 E Higgins, TXNICKEL SIZE HAIL

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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KAMA 212010
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
310 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...

.A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.
AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH AND THE LOW LIFTS AWAY...THE LARGE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL BEHIND THE LOW WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>010-220330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.HW.W.0006.081022T0300Z-081023T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN
310 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

ONCE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLES TONIGHT...WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO NORTHERLY AND INCREASE
TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ011>020-220330-
/O.NEW.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.081022T0300Z-081023T0000Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...
WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...
CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
310 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.

ONCE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
TONIGHT...WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO
AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

SJOHNSON
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 220300
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1000 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...

.A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH AN INTENSE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...A LARGE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT RESULTING IN VERY
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>010-221100-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...
BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN
1000 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLES TONIGHT. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE
TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ011>020-221100-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-
DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...
WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...
CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
1000 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO AROUND 35
MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 220911
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
411 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN IMPRESSIVE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE
SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA
TODAY...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE
PLAINS...RESULTING IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH THE DAY.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>007-221700-
/O.NEW.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS
411 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING
BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ008>010-221700-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN
411 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING
BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ011-012-016-017-221700-
/O.NEW.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
411 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS
PANHANDLE. THESE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL
HOURS AROUND SUNRISE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE
CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ013>015-018>020-221700-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...
SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
411 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE EARLY MORNING COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.
WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JOHNSON
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 221657
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1157 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN IMPRESSIVE COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
DEEPEN OVER THE PLAINS...RESULTING IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>007-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS
1157 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FREEZE
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ008>010-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN
1157 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ011-012-016-017-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
1157 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHWEST DRILL.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AROUND SUNRISE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ013>015-018>020-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...
SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
1157 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

GOEHRING
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 221941 CCA
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
238 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN IMPRESSIVE COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...BUT THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
DEEPEN OVER THE PLAINS...RESULTING IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>007-230300-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS
238 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FREEZE
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ008>010-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN
238 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. 

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ011-012-016-017-230300-
/O.COR.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
/O.COR.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
238 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

COOLER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AROUND SUNRISE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ013>015-018>020-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...
SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
238 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

GOEHRING
000 
WWUS74 KAMA 222039
NPWAMA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
339 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EARLY THIS EVENING...

.STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE SURFACE
LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...BUT THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE PLAINS...RESULTING
IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>007-230000-
/O.UPG.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KAMA.FZ.W.0003.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER...
FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...
BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS
339 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW WARNING
CRITERIA BY 7 PM. AS WINDS SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND SKIES CLEAR...TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. THESE SUBFREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
10 AM THURSDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ011-012-016-017-230000-
/O.UPG.KAMA.FZ.A.0002.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KAMA.FZ.W.0003.081023T0500Z-081023T1500Z/
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON
339 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS BY 7 PM.  AS WINDS SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AND SKIES CLEAR...TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S. THESE FREEZING AND SUBFREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
10 AM THURSDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

$$

TXZ008>010-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN
339 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW
WARNING CRITERIA BY 7 PM.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ013>015-018>020-230000-
/O.CON.KAMA.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081023T0000Z/
CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...
SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON
339 PM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

STRONG NORTH WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. WIND SPEEDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON...DROPPING BELOW
ADVISORY LEVELS BY 7 PM.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

GOEHRING

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Oct 21, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1237 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG HAVE ERODED OVER MOST
OF THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A BAND OF CLOUDS IN THE
EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS AREA...VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THROUGH
12Z...THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE
NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE REGION...WHILE THERE MAY BE ISOLATED BRIEF
SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. STILL
TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT AND COVERAGE OF
FRONTAL PRECIP TO INCLUDE IN TAFS.

THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN 03 AND 09Z ACCORDING
TO THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS. THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE FRONTS WILL BE
WINDS. BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE A QUICK SHIFT TO VERY STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS. WINDS WILL STAY STRONG FROM THE TIME THE FRONT
PASSES THROUGH THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. MAXIMUM GUSTS COULD BE AS
HIGH AS 45 KTS. THERE MAY ALSO BE MVFR CEILINGS BEHIND THE FRONT.

SFJ
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 721 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008/

AVIATION...
SHOWERS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES...WILL
CONTINUE TO BE DRIVEN EAST BY A WEATHER DISTURBANCE TRACKING EAST
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. ONCE THIS FIRST BATCH HAS MOVED
ON...THE PRIMARY CONCERNS SHIFTS TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT
OVERNIGHT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION LATER TODAY.

THE FORECAST STARTS OFF WITH PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND CEILINGS. THE
WEATHER IMPROVES THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE COLD
FRONT ARRIVES OVERNIGHT. ONCE THE WINDS SHIFT FROM THE NORTH...EXPECT
SPEEDS TO INCREASE CONSIDERABLY. AT THIS TIME...WIND SPEEDS MAY COME
CLOSE TO AN AVIATION WEATHER WARNING. WE WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THIS SITUATION.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST FAVORED TIME PERIOD BEING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES APPEAR TO HAVE THE BEST CONDITIONS...LEAVING
A LESSER CHANCE FOR THE AREAS WHICH INCLUDE KAMA...KDHT AND KGUY.
LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO REASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS ONCE
NEWER DATA ARRIVES. FOR NOW...WE WILL ADD CB REMARKS.

NUNEZ

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 444 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008/

DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS MORNING MAINLY CENTER ON THE SHORT TERM
WITH RESPECT TO PRECIP CHANCES TODAY AND WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY AND
ALSO ON TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEK.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TODAY AS IT DIGS
FURTHER SEWD WITH 120 KT UPPER LEVEL JET ALSO DIGGING AROUND THE
BASE OF THE SYSTEM...CONTRIBUTING TO LARGE HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS
THE ROCKIES. A SURFACE REFLECTION LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
WILL SIDE SEWD...INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. AS THIS OCCURS...A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED SOUTH OF THE CWA WILL LIFT BACK NORTH
TODAY. CURRENT WV IMAGERY INDICATES LEAD SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. GIVEN RADAR TRENDS...BUMPED
UP POPS FOR THIS MORNING. ALSO HELD ONTO MENTION OF FOG THIS MORNING
AS SERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A FAIRLY MOIST BOUNDARY
LAYER.

A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SFC LOW IN THE PLAINS WILL START
TO HEAD TOWARD THE AREA LATER TODAY WITH FROPA EXPECTED EARLY
WEDNESDAY. STRONG FRONTOGENETIC FORCING FOCUSED ALONG THE FRONT
AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT WILL LEAD TO TSTMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS FRONT SURGES SWD...EXPECT
THIS CONVECTION TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT WITH PERHAPS THE BEST CHANCES REMAINING ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST. IN FACT THE SWODY1 HAS THIS AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN A SLIGHT
RISK FOR TODAY. TEMPS TODAY CAN BE TRICKY AS ALTHOUGH CWA WILL BE IN
WARM SECTOR...LOW CLOUDS AND PRECIP CAN LIMIT HIGH TEMPS TODAY.
THEREFORE TRENDED TOWARD THE COOLER MET MOS GUIDANCE WITH HIGHS
AROUND 70 DEGREES.

ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WHICH LOOKS TO
PASS THROUGH THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG DRY COLD
ADVECTION WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT WHICH WILL QUICKLY END ANY
PRECIP CHANCES ALTHOUGH THE FAR ERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES MAY
SEE LINGERING TSTMS BEFORE DAYBREAK. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS
FRONT WILL BE WINDS AS STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION COMBINED WITH
INCREASING SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG
NORTH WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME CONCERN WINDS MAY NEAR ADVISORY
LEVELS AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE 50 KT WINDS AT 850 MB.
DESPITE COLD ADVECTION...DEPTH OF MIXING LAYER IS FAIRLY SHALLOW SO
WINDS SHOULD STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 35 MPH. GIVEN GOOD PUSH
OF COLD AIR WITH THIS FRONT...TEMPS WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN
THE 50S. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE ROCKIES AS THIS
SYSTEM LIFTS FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST. CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
WILL SET UP IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS WHICH WILL LEAD TO
FREEZING AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPS FOR THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND
FRIDAY MORNING.

UPPER LOW HEADS TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND AS MID
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THIS WILL LEAD TO A
GRADUAL WARMING TREND HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. GENERALLY FOLLOWED
MEX MOS GUIDANCE FOR THIS PERIOD WITH HIGHS CLIMBING BACK TO AROUND
THE 70 DEGREE MARK.

CLK

FIRE WEATHER...
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS DESPITE STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND A STRONG
COLD FRONT SLATED TO PUSH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. ALTHOUGH 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 20 TO 30 KTS
WEDNESDAY MORNING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 25
PERCENT. BEYOND WEDNESDAY...20 FOOT WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN
BELOW 20 KTS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

CLK

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

16/15
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-221100-
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 CDT TUE OCT 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW
STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEING
THE MAIN THREATS.

THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT
WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHERLY WINDS
COULD BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...
THE COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER WEATHER. AS A RESULT...
NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

SJOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham4 hr
Oct 21, 3:10 PM CDTWind AdvisoryAMAArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 4 more28 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.