Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Amarillo, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
653 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

.AVIATION...
DRIER AIR IS MOVING OVER FORECAST POINTS THIS EVENING AND WILL EXPECT
VFR THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET. A WIND
SHIFT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PANHANDLES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL AFFECT
DHT AND GUY BEFORE 09Z AND WILL TURN THE WINDS AT AMA AROUND 10Z.
CEILINGS MAY APPROACH MVFR BRIEFLY BEHIND THE FRONT BY SUNRISE BUT
WILL RETURN TO VFR BY LATE MORNING.

WYNNE

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 249 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008/

DISCUSSION...
SVR WX UNFOLDING THIS AFTN AS STG INSTBY IS REALIZED IN MOIST AIRMASS
IN ERN PNHDLS. TSTMS SHOULD CONT TO FORM TNGT ALONG DRYLINE AND WILL
ALSO BE PSBL ALONG CDFNT THAT WILL MOVE S TNGT AND TUE. WILL CONT
POPS TNGT THRU TMW NGT. TEMPS WILL BE SLGTLY COOLER TMW IN POST
FRONTAL AIRMASS.

THEREAFTER...UPR RIDGE DVLPS OVER PNHDLS...WITH RETURN TO WARM TEMPS
AND DRY WX. MSTR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO LIMITED DEGREE LATE IN THE
WEEK AS LEE TROF REORGANIZES. WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN IF SHRTWV TROFS
WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THRU THE RIDGE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MSTR.
ATTM...WILL RETAIN DRY FCST AFTER TUE NGT.

MEXMOS WAS REASONABLE MOST PDS...WITH EXCEPTION OF SUN MAXIMA...AS
RIDGE IN PLACE SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO REMAIN WARM.

KRAMAR

FIRE WEATHER...
WILL CONT RED FLAG WRNG THRU THIS EVE...AS DRYLINE SHARPENS ACRS W
CNTRL PNHDLS. APPEARS RED FLAG CONDITIONS MAY BLEED INTO SECOND TIER
OF TX PNHDL COUNTIES...AND WILL CONT WRNG THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL.
CDFNT TO MOVE THRU TNGT AND TMW.

KRAMAR

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...HARTLEY...MOORE...OLDHAM...
     POTTER...RANDALL...SHERMAN.

OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: CIMARRON.

&&

21/21

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
206 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-271100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
206 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 374 WAS ISSUED FOR THE TEXAS AND BEAVER
COUNTIES IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...EAST OF LINE FROM SPEARMAN TO
CLAUDE. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.

TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AND COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES TO
RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS.  A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 10 PM FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A CANYON...STRATFORD...TO BOISE
CITY LINE.

IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES DUE TO THE WINDY
CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO MOVES INTO THE REGION...A DRYLINE BECOMES ESTABLISHED ACROSS
THE PANHANDLES...AND SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCES
PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ANY OF THESE DAYS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND AREA SPOTTER GROUPS WILL NEED TO MONITOR
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

NUNEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
625 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0508 PM     HAIL             4 W WHEELER             35.44N 100.35W
05/26/2008  E1.75 INCH       WHEELER            TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00385

RN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
632 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             WELLINGTON              34.85N 100.21W
05/26/2008  E1.75 INCH       COLLINGSWORTH      TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00387

RN

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