Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Amarillo, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1247 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

.AVIATION...
18Z TAFS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR STORMS AT ALL
THREE TERMINALS. HOWEVER IT CURRENTLY APPEARS THAT THE BETTER CHANCES
WILL REMAIN JUST EAST/SOUTHEAST OF KAMA ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT. THUS
WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM MENTION OUT AT KAMA FOR NOW...BUT AMENDMENTS
MIGHT BE NEEDED IF STORMS DEVELOP FARTHER WEST/NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT
THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOOK TO BE A LITTLE
BETTER AT KDHT AND KGUY DUE TO AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NEARER
BY...DESPITE ALSO BEING BEHIND THE FRONT...AND WILL CARRY A VCTS
MENTION AT THESE SITES. OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL REMAIN AOB 12 KTS THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 413 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014/

DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY

A GENERALLY FLAT BUT SEASONALLY ENERGETIC ZONAL FLOW PATTERN IS IN
THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP FOR THE BULK OF THE PERIOD. UPR RIDGING
THAT HAS KEPT THE ERN CONUS HOT AND THE PANHANDLES IN SW FLOW ALOFT
WILL BE IMPINGED UPON AND EVENTUALLY BROKEN DOWN. THE FIRST WAVE TO
ACT ON THE ERN RIDGE WILL LEAVE THE COLORADO ROCKIES THIS MORNING
WITH A BIT MORE PUNCH THAN THE BASEBALL TEAM OF THE SAME NAME. AS
THIS UPR WAVE SKIRTS THE PANHANDLES...PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE ON
THE INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING/TONIGHT (MORE ABOUT THIS LATER).  AFTER THE FIRST WAVE
GLANCES OFF THE ERN RIDGE...A SECOND, MORE POWERFUL MID LEVEL PUNCH
WILL BLAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND AND REALLY
SET UP THE ZONAL FLOW PATTERN, PUSHING A BRIEF COLD FRONT THROUGH
THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE PROCESS. THE MAIN SENSIBLE
IMPACTS OF THE PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE A DECREASE IN
AFTERNOON/EVENING STORM COVERAGE NEXT WEEK AS LOW LVL GULF MOISTURE
FETCH AND MID LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BOTH BE MORE LIMITED.

TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THE AFOREMENTIONED UPR SYSTEM HAS A CENTER CURRENTLY ANALYZED ON
WATER VAPOR NEAR THE RED FEATHER LAKES AREA NORTHWEST OF FORT
COLLINS. THIS UPR LOW WILL OPEN SOME AS IT MOVES EAST TO CENTRAL
NEBRASKA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. DOWN HERE IN THE PANHANDLES...WE WILL
CATCH A GLANCING BLOW OF UPR DIVERGENCE AS THE LOW CROSSES TO OUR
NORTH. THIS UPR SUPPORT IN COMBINATION WITH DEEP MOISTURE NOTED BY
PWATS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW FAR EAST LOW LEVEL
DRY AIR MAKES IT THROUGH THE PANHANDLES BEHIND A SFC TROUGH THAT
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE LEANED ON THE NAM'S
MORE MOIST LOW LVL PROFILE VERSUS THAT OF THE GFS, ECMWF, RAP, OR
EVEN THE SREF. THIS COULD COME BACK TO BITE US, BUT LOW LVL MOISTURE
HAS GENERALLY BEEN UNDERDONE IN THE MODELS LATELY. GIVEN UNCERTAINTY
ON MOISTURE FURTHER NORTH AND WEST, DID DO A BIT OF TRIMMING OF THE
HIGHEST POPS SO THAT NOW MAINLY THE SE TX PANHANDLE IS FAVORED.

IF THE NAM IS RIGHT WITH IT'S LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PROFILE...
INSTABILITY WILL BUILD TO MODEST LEVELS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG
UPDRAFTS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE INCREASED INSTABILITY
WOULD EVEN SUPPORT A FEW POTENTIALLY STRONG TO SEVERE MULTICELL
CLUSTERS THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN AT LEAST A BIT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR TO
WORK WITH (25-30KTS). THE BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAIN AND/OR STRONG
STORMS WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE ERN PANHANDLES IN THE
EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.

FRIDAY...
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO DEAL WITH FRIDAY AS MODELS DEPICT
DIFFERENT TIMING ON WHEN THE LAST SPOKE OF UPR ENERGY WILL ROTATE
THROUGH HERE. HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAVE THE BEST POPS IN THE SE TX
PANHANDLE WHERE BETTER MOISTURE SHOULD EXIST. A BIT OF CONVECTION
COULD LEAK OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN INTO THE NW PANHANDLES IN THE
AFTERNOON AS UPR FLOW BRIEFLY SWITCHES TO NW BEHIND THE DEPARTING
SHRTWV.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
HAVE LEFT THE WEEKEND DRY THOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM CANNOT BE RULED
OUT EITHER AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SWEEP IN SUN NIGHT,
BUT NOT IN TIME TO PREVENT A HOT ONE ON SUNDAY AS H85 TEMPS SOAR
WELL ABOVE 30C AND SFC TEMPS PUSH WELL INTO THE 90S TO POSSIBLY EVEN
NEAR 100.

MONDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY...
THESE DAYS SHOULD BE DRY AND SEASONALLY WARM AS FLAT UPR RIDGING
SHOULD BE JUST STRONG ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF
AFTERNOON STORM DEVELOPMENT.

A PEEK BEYOND...
MED RANGE MODELS HINT AT A RETURN TO AN UPR PATTERN SIMILAR TO THE
ONE WE'VE SEEN THIS WEEK AS UPR RIDGING COULD AGAIN BUILD IN THE ERN
CONUS.

SIMPSON

&&

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

&&

08/05

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
416 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-282200-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
416 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT...WITH THE EASTERN PANHANDLES FAVORED. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING...TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
145 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

TXZ017-018-281930-
ARMSTRONG TX-RANDALL TX-
145 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG AND
SOUTHEASTERN RANDALL COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF WAYSIDE...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYSIDE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3477 10179 3501 10146 3475 10126 3474 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 237DEG 15KT 3478 10160

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
224 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

TXZ014-019-020-282030-
COLLINGSWORTH TX-DONLEY TX-GRAY TX-
224 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLLINGSWORTH...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 223 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENBELT LAKE...OR NEAR CLARENDON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARENDON...          LELIA LAKE...         HOWARDWICK...
  HEDLEY...             GREENBELT LAKE...     QUAIL...
  MCLEAN...             ALANREED...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 145.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3475 10090 3504 10107 3530 10061 3475 10028
      3474 10029
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 237DEG 14KT 3499 10091

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
236 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

TXZ017-018-282030-
ARMSTRONG TX-RANDALL TX-
236 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ARMSTRONG AND SOUTHEASTERN
RANDALL COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYSIDE...OR 19 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYSIDE...            GOODNIGHT...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3474 10167 3477 10167 3499 10160 3517 10114
      3476 10110 3474 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 243DEG 19KT 3486 10150

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