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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this blizzard warning at Feb 24, 2013, 4:35 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Feb 24, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 26 hr. 60 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
- Feb 24, 2013, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2013, 7:59 PM CST
- In force
- 26 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 10:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Fritch, TX | 2 INCHES ON THE GROUND IN 45 MINUTES |
| Feb 24, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Vega, TX | |
| Feb 24, 9:12 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Stratford, TX | STRONG WINDS BLOWING THE SNOW - VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE HALF OF A MILE - MODERATE SNOW FALLING NOW - STARTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO - SNOW IS COVERING THE GROUND |
| Feb 24, 9:48 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Spearman, TX | ROADS ARE BECOMING SLICK QUICKLY AND SNOW WAS COVERING THE GROUND |
| Feb 25, 1:43 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Stinnett, TX | ZERO VISIBILITY AT STINNETT...BORGER...AND FRITCH. |
| Feb 25, 2:07 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Dumas, TX | |
| Feb 25, 2:08 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Borger, TX | |
| Feb 25, 2:24 AM CST | SNOW 4 | White Deer, TX | |
| Feb 25, 2:50 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 W Amarillo, TX | 1.5 TO 3 INCHES FROM DOWNTOWN TO SW 45TH. DRIFTS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 2:59 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Feb 25, 3:33 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 Nnw Amarillo, TX | |
| Feb 25, 3:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Amarillo, TX | NEARLY A 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATE. |
| Feb 25, 3:48 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Panhandle, TX | |
| Feb 25, 4:39 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Amarillo, TX | SNOWFALL RATE REMAINS AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. |
| Feb 25, 4:58 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Canyon, TX | SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH A MEASURED GUST UP TO 62 MPH. DRIFTS BETWEEN 12 AND 24 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 5:40 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 5 Sse Canyon, TX | |
| Feb 25, 5:42 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 2 Wsw Borger, TX | |
| Feb 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 7 Ene Amarillo, TX | DRIFTS UP TO 22 INCHES |
| Feb 25, 6:08 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 6 Nnw Amarillo, TX | |
| Feb 25, 6:21 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Dalhart, TX | |
| Feb 25, 6:52 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Beaver, OK | |
| Feb 25, 6:54 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Beaver, OK | |
| Feb 25, 7:11 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Guymon, OK | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW |
| Feb 25, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 5 Sw Amarillo, TX | |
| Feb 25, 7:50 AM CST | SNOW 13 | Fritch, TX | |
| Feb 25, 8:07 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Hereford, TX | |
| Feb 25, 8:07 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Vega, TX | |
| Feb 25, 8:13 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Dumas, TX | ESTIMATED A FOOT OF SNOW IN DUMAS WITH THREE TO FIVE FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. |
| Feb 25, 8:18 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Spearman, TX | |
| Feb 25, 8:22 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Morse, TX | TEN INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED IN MORSE WITH 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 25, 8:35 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 1 Wnw Amarillo, TX | STILL SNOWING AT OBSERVATION |
| Feb 25, 8:35 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Canyon, TX | TOTAL AS OF THIS REPORT |
| Feb 25, 8:49 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Clarendon, TX | TOTAL AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. |
| Feb 25, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Bushland, TX | |
| Feb 25, 8:53 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Stratford, TX | |
| Feb 25, 9:05 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Booker, TX | STILL SNOWING AT OBSERVATION |
| Feb 25, 9:14 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | 1 Se Booker, TX | |
| Feb 25, 9:22 AM CST | SNOW 14 | 6 Se Booker, TX | STILL SNOWING AT OBSERVATION |
| Feb 25, 9:27 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Texhoma, OK | |
| Feb 25, 10:12 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Higgins, TX | |
| Feb 25, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 1 Nw Pampa, TX | |
| Feb 25, 10:18 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Fritch, TX | |
| Feb 25, 10:19 AM CST | SNOW 14 | White Deer, TX | |
| Feb 25, 10:33 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Canadian, TX | ELEVEN INCHES OF SNOW IN THE CENTER OF TOWN WITH 2 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 25, 10:46 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Beaver, OK | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BEAVER... 10 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW... AND 5 TO 6 FT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 25, 10:48 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 6 Sw Amarillo, TX | TOTAL AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT |
| Feb 25, 11:26 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Borger, TX | |
| Feb 25, 11:43 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Turpin, OK | ALSO 0.30 INCHES OF ICE WAS OBSERVED IN TURPIN. |
| Feb 25, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 Wsw Borger, TX | STILL SNOWING AT OBSERVATION |
| Feb 25, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 17 | 7 Ene Amarillo, TX | STILL SNOWING AT OBSERVATION |
| Feb 25, 12:12 PM CST | SNOW 12.5 | 3 S Darrouzett, TX | |
| Feb 25, 12:18 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Canyon, TX | |
| Feb 25, 12:45 PM CST | SNOW 12 | 6 Sw Amarillo, TX | |
| Feb 25, 1:13 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Guymon, OK | |
| Feb 25, 1:53 PM CST | SNOW 11.3 | Canyon, TX | DRIFTS BETWEEN 18 AND 30 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 1:56 PM CST | SNOW 16 | Fritch, TX | |
| Feb 25, 2:04 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 3 N Guymon, OK | MODERATE SNOW WITH DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 25, 2:12 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Hereford, TX | |
| Feb 25, 2:17 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Booker, TX | DRIFTS UP TO 4 FEET. STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 25, 2:22 PM CST | SNOW 15 | Pampa, TX |
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 00:00Z, 10.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
607 WWUS44 KAMA 241035 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 435 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD EXPECTED TO HIT THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-241845- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0003.130225T0000Z-130226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.130225T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ 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 435 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 60 MILES PER HOUR WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW COULD START OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY SPOTS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED...ICY...AND LIKELY IMPASSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CLK
8 follow-up statements
381 WWUS44 KAMA 241852 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1252 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD EXPECTED TO HIT THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-250400- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.130225T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ 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 1252 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * EVENT...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH GUSTS TO 55 MILES PER HOUR WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF MONDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY IN MANY SPOTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOWDRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ GOEHRING
529 WWUS44 KAMA 250004 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 604 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-250815- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ 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 604 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * EVENT...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN TAPER OFF MONDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TONIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KB
039 WWUS44 KAMA 250455 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1055 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251300- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ 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 1055 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * EVENT...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT...AND PERSIST MONDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TO 8 TO 18 INCHES ELSEWHERE...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ANTICIPATED TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS THROUGH MONDAY. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KB
627 WWUS44 KAMA 251022 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 422 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...CRIPPLING BLIZZARD CURRENTLY IMPACTING THE PANHANDLES... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251830- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ 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 422 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * EVENT...HEAVY SNOWS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH INCREASING WINDS AND WIND GUSTS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM UNDER 3 INCHES IN THE FAR NW PANHANDLES TO 12 TO 18 INCHES IN A BAND FROM AMARILLO TO STINNETT TO SPEARMAN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE REST OF THE PANHANDLES WILL GENERALLY SEE 6-14 INCHES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TO IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY...BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
807 WWUS44 KAMA 251437 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 837 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...CRIPPLING BLIZZARD CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-252245- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ 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 837 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * EVENT...HEAVY SNOWS AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM UNDER 3 INCHES IN THE FAR NW PANHANDLES TO 14 TO 20 OR MORE INCHES IN A BAND FROM AMARILLO TO STINNETT TO SPEARMAN. THE REST OF THE PANHANDLES WILL GENERALLY SEE 6-14 INCHES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY... BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
673 WWUS44 KAMA 252207 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 407 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN MANY AREAS... OKZ001-252315- /O.CAN.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0900Z/ CIMARRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES 407 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWS STAYED JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF CIMARRON COUNTY...THEREFORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-008>010-013>015-018>020-260600- /O.EXT.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 407 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EVENT AND TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES...WITH STRONG WINDS LINGERING UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-016-017-260200- /O.EXT.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...HARTLEY... CHANNING...DUMAS...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 407 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT AND TIMING...SNOW IS WINDING DOWN IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES...BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM...CREATING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15-20 MPH BY 8 MPH...ENDING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
419 WWUS44 KAMA 252352 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 552 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUING OVER EASTERN PANHANDLES BUT SUBSIDING FURTHER WEST... TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-016-017-260100- /O.CAN.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-POTTER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...HARTLEY... CHANNING...DUMAS...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 552 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WINDS HAVE CALMED TO 15-30 MPH AND SNOW HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OKZ002-260100- /O.CAN.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ TEXAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GUYMON 552 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WINDS HAVE CALMED TO 15-30 MPH AND SNOW HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ OKZ003-TXZ003>005-008>010-013>015-018>020-260600- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL- CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 552 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * EVENT AND TIMING...MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM IN THE FAR EASTERN PANHANDLES WITH STRONG WINDS LINGERING UNTIL NEAR MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ZERO AT TIMES...PRODUCING WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN MANY SPOTS. ROADS WILL BE SNOW PACKED AND ICY. SNOW DRIFTS 5 FEET OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS WILL MAKE DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
869 WWUS44 KAMA 260159 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 759 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 OKZ003-TXZ003>005-008>010-013>015-018>020-260300- /O.CAN.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL- CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 759 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH AND THE SNOW HAS MOSTLY ENDED. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY GONE BY 10 PM AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ SIMPSON/JACKSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Feb 23, 11:11 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:11 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1111 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013
.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE
UPPER LOW TO TRACK SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY
SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BY 00Z MONDAY. THE
UPPER LOW WILL THEN TRACKS INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
BY 06Z MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE GUYMON AND DALHART TAF
SITES BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z SUNDAY...AND THEN ACROSS THE AMARILLO TAF
SITE BETWEEN 18Z AND 20Z SUNDAY. SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 15
KNOTS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST BY 08Z TO 12Z
SUNDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER
GUSTS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...BUT THE WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO 30 KNOTS OR 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS
AFTER 18Z TO 21Z SUNDAY. THE UPPER LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING
INCREASING CHANCES FOR SNOW TO THE THREE TAF SITES AFTER 21Z TO 23Z
SUNDAY WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY BECOMING
MVFR TO IFR OR LIFR CONDITIONS AFTER 21Z SUNDAY THROUGH THE END OF
THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD. SOME FOG MAY DEVELOP BETWEEN 10Z AND 15Z
SUNDAY AT THE GUYMON TAF SITE DUE TO THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASING ON THE SNOWPACK. IF ANY FOG DEVELOPS...MVFR VISIBILITIES
ARE EXPECTED.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 526 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/
AVIATION...
AN UPPER LOW WILL TRACK SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...AND THEN INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BY 00Z
MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE THREE TAF
SITES BETWEEN 15Z AND 20Z SUNDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15
KNOTS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND SHOULD
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 20Z SUNDAY
TO 00Z MONDAY. SOME PATCHY FOG AT THE GUYMON TAF SITE LATE TONIGHT
AND EARLY SUNDAY OVER THE SNOWPACK MAY RESULT IN POSSIBLE MVFR
VISIBILITIES AROUND 10Z TO 15Z SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z MONDAY.
SCHNEIDER
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/
DISCUSSION...
DOWNSLOPE SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE HELPED TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S
AND 50S TODAY WITH MID TO UPPER 30S ON THE SNOWPACK. WINDS WILL BACK
TO MORE SOUTHERLY AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM TONIGHT.
THESE WINDS WILL HELP TO BRING ADDED MOISTURE NORTHWARD. TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP QUICKLY OVER THE SNOWPACK THIS EVENING AND WITH THE
ADDED MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD...BELIEVE THAT FOG MAY FORM OVER THE
SNOWPACK OVERNIGHT. THE FOG MAY GET DENSE IN SOME SPOTS...BUT
CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO HOIST A DENSE FOG ADVISORY AT THIS
POINT.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TO THE
4-CORNERS REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH
THE PANHANDLES DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM
DIVES SOUTHEAST TO ABQ BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BELIEVE THAT SOME
PRECIPITATION MAY BREAK OUT OVER THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME
OF THE PRECIP COULD START AS RAIN...BUT ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY SWITCH
OVER TO SNOW AS THE COLD AIR DEEPENS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. AS THE
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM ABQ TO ROSWELL ON SUNDAY
EVENING...EXPECT THE SNOW AND WIND TO INCREASE. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL THEN MORE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THROUGH THE RED RIVER
VALLEY NORTH OF DFW BY MONDAY EVENING. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO OUR SOUTH...SO EXPECT HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES. THE NORTHWEST CWA
MAY ONLY GET 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW...BUT THE WIND WILL BE JUST AS
STRONG THERE AS ANYWHERE...SO VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN BLOWING
SNOW. AT THIS TIME...WE ARE EXPECTING 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW FROM
THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THIS SNOW COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL CAUSE
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WE WILL KEEP THE WINTER STORM WATCH IN
TACT FOR NOW...BUT IT MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING
IF THE STORM TRACK REMAINS SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES.
WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE MONDAY EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM
MOVES AWAY FROM THE PANHANDLES. THE HIGHLIGHTS MAY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE LATEST MODELS ARE SHOWING A
SLOWING TREND.
ANOTHER...MUCH WEAKER...SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM
DOES NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...BUT IT COULD STILL HELP
TO PRODUCE A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS.
WILL KEEP THE REST OF THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. THE NORTHWEST FLOW
CONTINUES THROUGH THE REST OF NEXT WEEK...SO MORE COLD FRONTS WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL.
AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY STRONG DISTURBANCES
MOVING THROUGH THIS NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
FIRE WEATHER...
NEITHER ELEVATED NOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK GIVEN THE
ANTICIPATED SNOW COVER.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 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 WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
11/01Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 4:25 AM CST, 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 425 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-242200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 425 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SNOW WILL START THIS EVENING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THIS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE AREA. HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...CAUSING THE SNOW TO BLOW AND DRIFT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TO 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED. CLK
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