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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this blizzard warning at Dec 25, 2015, 4:02 PM CST for 20 counties in Texas; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 33 hr. 20 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
- Dec 25, 2015, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 3:05 AM CST
- In force
- 33 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 21:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 7:19 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Pampa, TX | |
| Dec 27, 7:20 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 W Sanford, TX | |
| Dec 27, 7:40 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Shamrock, TX | |
| Dec 27, 8:18 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Borger, TX | |
| Dec 27, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Texline, TX | |
| Dec 27, 11:47 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lipscomb, TX | |
| Dec 27, 11:47 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 5 Sw Amarillo, TX | |
| Dec 27, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 N Amarillo, TX | |
| Dec 27, 1:09 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Hereford, TX | |
| Dec 27, 1:49 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Clarendon, TX | |
| Dec 27, 3:56 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 Sw Amarillo, TX | |
| Dec 27, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Miami, TX | |
| Dec 27, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 W Amarillo, TX | |
| Dec 27, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Hereford, TX | ESTIMATE OF 4 INCHES IN HEREFORD. DRIFTS MEASURING 4 TO 5 FEET |
| Dec 27, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Bootleg, TX | ESTIMATE 10 INCHES. 5 TO 6 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. HWY 1058 CLOSED |
| Dec 27, 5:16 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Wellington, TX | |
| Dec 27, 5:17 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Borger, TX | |
| Dec 27, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Wheeler, TX | ESTIM 6 TO 8 INCHES. 3 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 27, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Miami, TX | |
| Dec 27, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Wellington, TX | SLEET AND SNOW MIX...MOSTLY SLEET. ESTIM 6-8 INCHES |
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 12:00Z, 10.0 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
- 1643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422 WWUS44 KAMA 252202 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 OKZ001-TXZ001-002-006>008-011>013-016>018-260615- /O.UPG.KAMA.BZ.A.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER- CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA... AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SIZABLE SNOW DRIFTS ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ TXZ014-015-019-020-260615- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0004.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER... CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EVENT...A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW COULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE LIKELY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET AND ICE WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW POSSIBLE. SIZABLE SNOW DRIFTS ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND COULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THESE CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-009-010-260615- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0004.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WS.W.0006.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * EVENT...SNOW COULD BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE LIKELY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SIZABLE SNOW DRIFTS ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 5 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
8 follow-up statements
436 WWUS44 KAMA 260322 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 922 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY... OKZ002-003-TXZ003>005-009-010-261130- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.W.0006.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ TEXAS-BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN 922 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ001-TXZ001-002-006>008-011>020-261130- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER- CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA... AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER... HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 922 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KB/HL
985 WWUS44 KAMA 261103 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 503 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-261930- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...BEAVER... FORGAN...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON... BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER...MIAMI...CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 503 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SCHNEIDER
271 WWUS44 KAMA 261943 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 143 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING BLIZZARD TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-270300- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ 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 143 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY GIVEN THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$
795 WWUS44 KAMA 262346 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 546 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...A LIFE THREATENING AND CRIPPLING BLIZZARD IS HEADED TOWARDS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS BLIZZARD SHOULD BE COMPLETED... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-270800- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.151227T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ 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 546 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...9 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THIS WINTER STORM EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ANDRADE
760 WWUS44 KAMA 270750 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 150 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...A LIFE THREATENING AND CRIPPLING BLIZZARD IS HEADED TOWARDS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES... ...ALL PREPARATIONS FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS BLIZZARD SHOULD BE COMPLETED... OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-271600- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ 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 150 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 13 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW DRIFTS OF 5 TO 10 FEET ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THIS WINTER STORM EVENT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
471 WWUS44 KAMA 271928 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 128 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 OKZ001-002-272030- /O.CAN.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON 128 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. A SHARP CUTOFF IN SNOWFALL OCCURRED SOUTH OF CIMARRON AND TEXAS COUNTIES RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL IN THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-280330- /O.EXT.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T0900Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER- CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 128 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR OR JUST BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-280330- /O.EXT.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 128 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 8 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR OR JUST BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
703 WWUS44 KAMA 280307 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 907 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-280900- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T0900Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER- CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 907 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS MAY ONLY BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR OR JUST BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-281115- /O.CON.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 907 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA MAY ONLY BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTH WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS NEAR OR JUST BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
402 WWUS44 KAMA 280905 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 305 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-281015- /O.CAN.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 305 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF EXISTING SNOW COVER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-281015- /O.EXP.KAMA.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151228T0900Z/ DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER- CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DALHART...STRATFORD...SPEARMAN... GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO... PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 305 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF EXISTING SNOW COVER IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$
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 Dec 25, 12:05 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 12:05 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1205 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
.AVIATION...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS TODAY, THEN BREEZY NORTH WINDS ON
SATURDAY AS STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT MAJOR WINTER STORM ONSET
ANTICIPATED FOR ENTIRE AREA JUST BEYOND THIS TAF CYCLE AROUND 00Z
SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT AIR TRAFFIC MUCH OF SUNDAY INTO EARLY
MONDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1048 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015/
UPDATE...
FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE RISK OF A SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORMS THIS COMING WEEKEND. MODELS HAVE COME INTO ENOUGH AGREEMENT TO
EXTEND ONGOING WATCH PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS ALREADY ISSUED.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 509 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015/
AVIATION...
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP TO AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
30 KNOTS BY LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.
A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT SWITCHING THE
WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH. SKIES WILL REMAIN VFR.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 331 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015/
DISCUSSION...
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR
INCREASING SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW ACROSS THE PANHANDLES.
SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW AHEAD OF DEVELOPING CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL
RESULT IN INCREASING HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AND THEN MID LEVEL CLOUDS
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. LOW CLOUDINESS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH EARLY MAX TEMPS BEFORE 18Z SATURDAY AND THEN FALLING
TEMPS DURING THE AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY NIGHT.
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HANDLE THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE CLOSED
UPPER LOW FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH ABOUT 12Z TO 18Z SUNDAY...AND THEN
DIVERGE SLIGHTLY AFTER THAT WITH THE ECMWF FARTHER NORTH WITH THE
UPPER LOW MOVING TOWARDS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE RED RIVER
VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA BY 12Z MONDAY. THE GFS BRINGS THE
CLOSED UPPER LOW FARTHER SOUTH TOWARDS CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA BY 12Z MONDAY. THIS TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW FAVORS THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE I-40 CORRIDOR AS THE MOST LIKELY
LOCATION FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS. KEPT CONSISTENCY OF THE
PREVIOUS GRIDS AND FORECAST BUT RAISED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. THE
PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW SHOULD SEE THE WINTRY
PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BY 12Z TO 18Z MONDAY. THE
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD SEE MORE OF A FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET EVENT AT LEAST LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING
OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 12Z SUNDAY. THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO
35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD AND WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
WILL KEEP THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WATCHES AS IS FOR NOW BUT THE
OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLES WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED
IN A WATCH AT SOME POINT BEFORE SATURDAY.
ANOTHER CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES
AND FOUR CORNERS REGION WHERE IT WILL WEAKEN INTO AN OPEN WAVE BY
TUESDAY. THIS OPEN WAVE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BY LATE
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SOME LIGHT SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. DRIER CONDITIONS
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK WITH MUCH BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS AS A COLD SURFACE RIDGE PREVAILS.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COLLINGSWORTH...DONLEY...GRAY...
HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...LIPSCOMB...OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...
WHEELER.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF
SMITH...HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER...
RANDALL...SHERMAN.
OK...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...TEXAS.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON.
&&
88/88Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:02 PM CST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-261015- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE PRECIPITATION MAY START AS A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE AMOUNTS COULD REACH A FOOT. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLIZZARD AND WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 5 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.