Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, 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.

KB

&&

.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
310 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-291100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
310 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE EASTERN PANHANDLES WILL BE THE MOST
LIKELY LOCATION FOR STORMS TONIGHT. NO ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS. HOWEVER THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...HOWEVER THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

.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.

CLK

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

KB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
244 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

0242 PM     HAIL             1 E GREENBELT LAKE      35.01N 100.90W
08/28/2014  E1.00 INCH       DONLEY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400644

ABM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
252 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

0251 PM     HAIL             HOWARDWICK              35.04N 100.91W
08/28/2014  E1.00 INCH       DONLEY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400645

CLK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
254 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

0242 PM     HAIL             1 E GREENBELT LAKE      35.01N 100.90W
08/28/2014  M1.25 INCH       DONLEY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS WAS FALLING AT
            GREENBELT LAKE

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400646

FENNER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
304 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

0252 PM     HAIL             4 N CLARENDON           34.99N 100.89W
08/28/2014  E2.00 INCH       DONLEY             TX   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400647

ABM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
308 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014

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

0255 PM     HAIL             1 E GREENBELT LAKE      35.01N 100.90W
08/28/2014  M2.50 INCH       DONLEY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS WAS FALLING AT
            GREENBELT LAKE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400648

FENNER