Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Amarillo, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
604 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

.UPDATE...
SHORTWAVE ENERGY EMBEDDED IN A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE
TAF SITES WILL ALLOW FOR CONVECTION TO MOVE OVER THE TAF SITES THIS
EVENING PRIOR TO 06Z TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IN AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS WHEN MVFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH STRONG ERRATIC WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SCHNEIDER

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009/

DISCUSSION...
MOUNTAIN CONVECTION BEGINNING TO PROPAGATE EAST TOWARDS THE
PANHANDLES. THOUGH THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT SEVERE THREAT...SPEED
SHEAR ESPECIALLY IN THE MID LEVELS IS RATHER LOW...GENERALLY LESS
THAN10KTS ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND CAPE
VALUES ARE MODEST ENOUGH HOWEVER TO SUPPORT A SLIGHT THREAT THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...COULD CONTINUE TO SEE CONVECTION
ADVECTING IN OFF HIGHER TERRAIN.

EXPECT THE UPPER LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST ONE
MORE DAY. IN ADDITION...THOUGH UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS
DECREASING...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE STILL ABOVE NORMAL.
THEREFORE HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SATURDAY.

BEYOND TUESDAY...MODELS ARE STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THEREFORE EXPECT A
DRAMATIC WARMING TREND AND TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL FROM
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. DURING THESE PERIODS A DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP
OVER THE REGION. DESPITE SOME SUBSIDENCE WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THIS DRYLINE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THEREFORE HAVE KEPT A
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST US
BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT...THIS COULD BE THE CATALYST TO BREAK DOWN
THE RIDGE BY THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE EXACT
TIMING OF WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN. THEREFORE HAVE NOT INCLUDED
MENTIONABLE POPS...WILL WAIT FOR MORE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY.

SJOHNSON

FIRE WEATHER...
WITH MORE CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
GENERALLY ABOVE 20 PERCENT...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN
MINIMAL FOR TUESDAY. AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL INCREASE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DROOPING BELOW 15 PERCENT. HOWEVER...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO APPROACH CRITICAL AS WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT
THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.

SJOHNSON

&&

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

&&

14/11

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
531 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-071100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
531 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

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

.DAY ONE...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES EXCEPT
THE EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE ON
TUESDAY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
WESTERN HALVES OF THE PANHANDLES...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS AND
WEATHER OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO.

SCHNEIDER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
735 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

TXZ011-016-070100-
OLDHAM TX-DEAF SMITH TX-
735 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM
COUNTIES.

AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GLENRIO AND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH
OF ADRIAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH
THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN
GLENRIO AND VEGA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS.

JJB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
814 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

OKZ001-002-070200-
CIMARRON OK-TEXAS OK-
814 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR TEXAS AND CIMARRON
COUNTIES.

AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KEYES TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRIGGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

JJB