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Special Weather Statement, NWS Amarillo, TX

December 14, 2012Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Texas

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this special weather statement at Dec 14, 2012, 5:39 PM CST for Hemphill County, Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2012, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2012, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX

Counties Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Dec 14, 3:03 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:03 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
303 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

.DISCUSSION...
BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE FOR THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF THIS FORECAST.
BEYOND THAT...EXPECT AN ACTIVE...ALBEIT DRY...WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

FOR THIS EVENING...LINE OF STORMS JUST STARTING TO ENTER THE WESTERN
PANHANDLES NOW. VWP FROM CANNON RADAR AS WELL AS SODAR DATA FROM
HEREFORD INDICATE WINDS OF 30 TO 50 KT WITHIN LOW LEVELS.
THUS...STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. HOWEVER...DESPITE
ONLY MODEST CAPE VALUES...SHEAR VALUES OF 50KT OR MORE COULD MEAN A
MINOR HAIL THREAT AS WELL. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH AT
40 TO 50KT...AS SUCH...EXPECT ALL OF THE STORMS TO EXIT THE REGION
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 8 PM CST...AT WHICH TIME THE SEVERE
THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH.

TOMORROW AND SUNDAY...SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DECREASE
SOME...BUT STILL BE HIGH ENOUGH FOR THE REGION TO SEE BREEZY OR WINDY
CONDITIONS THROUGH MID DAY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A WEAK COLD FRONT
SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT.

NEXT WEEK...RATHER QUIET PATTERN SETS UP FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
WEEK...WITH ONLY A BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. THERE ARE STILL SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THE GFS AND ECMWF...SO STAYED CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.

JOHNSON
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
WINDY OR BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AT THIS
TIME HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE
20 PERCENT. HOWEVER...FOR TOMORROW...CONDITIONS WILL BE CLOSE TO
ELEVATED...AND WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATE THE FORECAST RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

JOHNSON
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                32  58  32  52  27 /  10   0   0   0   0
BEAVER OK                  31  61  30  53  25 /  40   0   0   0   0
BOISE CITY OK              30  56  28  48  20 /   5   0   0   0   0
BORGER TX                  36  61  35  52  29 /  20   0   0   0   0
BOYS RANCH TX              33  58  30  53  26 /   5   0   0   0   0
CANYON TX                  31  59  31  53  25 /   5   0   0   0   0
CLARENDON TX               36  62  35  57  30 /  20   0   0   0   0
DALHART TX                 25  56  26  50  20 /   5   0   0   0   0
GUYMON OK                  31  58  30  52  23 /  20   0   0   0   0
HEREFORD TX                31  58  30  53  24 /   5   0   0   0   0
LIPSCOMB TX                35  61  32  53  26 /  40   0   0   0   0
PAMPA TX                   34  55  32  53  27 /  20   0   0   0   0
SHAMROCK TX                36  62  35  57  28 /  40   0   0   0   0
WELLINGTON TX              36  64  35  61  30 /  40   0   0   0   0

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: DEAF SMITH...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL.

OK...NONE.

&&

15/16

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 2:38 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
238 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-151200-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
238 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER THE
FAR EASTERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...MAINLY OVER LOCATIONS IN THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...SOME HAIL UP TO
QUARTER SIZE IS POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 8 PM CST.

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS AND COLD FRONT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 6 PM TODAY.

IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE
TO THE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

JOHNSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 14, 4:42 PM CST, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
442 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

TXZ009-014-019-142315-
DONLEY TX-GRAY TX-ROBERTS TX-
442 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ROBERTS...GRAY AND DONLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST...

AT 439 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF
STINNETT TO 11 MILES WEST OF BRICE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAMPA...              MIAMI...              CLARENDON...
  MCLEAN...             LORA...               LELIA LAKE...
  LEFORS...             LAKE MCCLELLAN...     KINGSMILL...
  HOWARDWICK...         HEDLEY...             GREENBELT LAKE...
  CODMAN...             ALANREED...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 146.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3475 10109 3606 10108 3605 10054 3474 10055
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 271DEG 56KT 3585 10112 3468 10105

LG

Local storm report, Dec 14, 4:43 PM CST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
443 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

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

0435 PM     HAIL             1 S BORGER              35.64N 101.40W
12/14/2012  M0.75 INCH       HUTCHINSON         TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH ALSO OBSERVED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200742

FENNER

Local storm report, Dec 14, 4:45 PM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
445 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

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

0426 PM     TSTM WND GST     CLAUDE                  35.11N 101.36W
12/14/2012  E60 MPH          ARMSTRONG          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200743

JACKSON

Local storm report, Dec 14, 4:46 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
446 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2012

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W TIMBERCREEK CANYON  35.06N 101.88W
12/14/2012                   RANDALL            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RADIO TOWER BLOWN DOWN...LYING OVER RAILDROAD TRACKS

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200744

SFJ

Local storm report, Dec 14, 5:04 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 14, 5:39 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 14, 6:30 AM CST	Wind Advisory	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	12 hr
Dec 14, 2:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	28 min
Dec 14, 2:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	28 min
Dec 14, 2:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	35 min
Dec 14, 2:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Oldham	36 min
Dec 14, 3:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham	55 min
Dec 14, 3:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Moore, Potter, Randall	95 min
Dec 14, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson, Hutchinson	73 min
Dec 14, 4:12 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	108 min
Dec 14, 4:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Armstrong, Carson	26 min
Dec 14, 4:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Donley, Gray, Roberts	33 min
Dec 14, 4:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Donley, Gray	52 min
Dec 14, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Donley	27 min
Dec 14, 4:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	AMA	Gray	26 min
Dec 14, 5:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Wheeler	68 min

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Sources

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