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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this winter storm warning at Jan 20, 2015, 2:48 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jan 21, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 20, 2015, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2015, 11:53 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 9:33 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 10 N Texline, OK | US HIGHWAY 412 AT THE NEW MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINE |
| Jan 21, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Romero, TX | HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING AT THE CASTLEBERRY RANCH NEAR HIGHWAY 54 AND 767 |
| Jan 21, 12:55 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Dalhart, TX | SNOW WAS CONTINUING TO FALL |
| Jan 21, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Romero, TX | SNOW WAS STILL FALLING AT CASTLEBERRY RANCH NEAR HIGHWAY 54 AND HIGHWAY 767 |
| Jan 21, 3:53 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Texline, TX | |
| Jan 21, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Dalhart, TX | SNOWFALL IN PROGRESS. |
| Jan 21, 5:13 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Stratford, TX | SNOWFALL CONTINUES. MOST ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED IN PAST 45 MINS. |
| Jan 21, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Dalhart, TX | 0.54 LIQUID EQUIV |
| Jan 21, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Borger, TX | SNOWFALL AT THIS TIME. ROADS GETTING SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED. |
| Jan 21, 6:05 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Texline, TX | SNOW FALLING AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 21, 6:19 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Hartley, TX | SNOWFALL CONTINUING. |
| Jan 21, 7:10 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Amarillo, TX | KFDA-TV METEOROLOGIST MEASURED 2 INCH ACCUMULATION IN SOUTHERN PORTION OF CITY. SNOW FALLING AT REPORT TIME. |
| Jan 21, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Borger, TX | SPOTTER ESTIMATES 2 INCH SNOWFALL IN LAST HOUR. TOTAL ACCUMULATION NOW 4 INCHES. HEAVY SNOWFALL AT REPORT TIME. |
| Jan 21, 8:07 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Boys Ranch, TX | |
| Jan 21, 8:16 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Hereford, TX | |
| Jan 21, 8:19 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lefors, TX | |
| Jan 21, 8:27 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Hartley, TX | |
| Jan 21, 8:28 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Pampa, TX | MODERATE SNOWFALL AT REPORT TIME. |
| Jan 21, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Texline, TX | |
| Jan 21, 8:36 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Dumas, TX | ESTIMATED 3-5 INCH ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 21, 8:59 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 S Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 9:08 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Canyon, TX | 3 INCH ESTIMATE AT WTAMU CAMPUS |
| Jan 21, 9:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Texhoma, TX | ESTIMATE OF 2-3 INCHES |
| Jan 21, 9:24 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 7 Ene Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 9:24 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Nnw Canyon, TX | |
| Jan 21, 9:42 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | 6 Sw Amarillo, TX | NEAR BELL AND HILLSIDE IN AMARILLO |
| Jan 21, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 E Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 10:09 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Pampa, TX | |
| Jan 21, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 2 Wsw Borger, TX | |
| Jan 21, 10:23 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 Wsw Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 10:27 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 8 Sw Amarillo, TX | NEAR COULTER AND PINNACLE. |
| Jan 21, 10:35 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 27 E Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 10:48 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 7 Ene Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 11:15 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 11:30 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 6 W Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 11:30 PM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 6 Sw Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 11:35 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Panhandle, TX | ESTIMATING 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES STUCK. |
| Jan 21, 11:39 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Pampa, TX | ESTIMATING 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR IN PAMPA. |
| Jan 21, 11:39 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | 6 Wsw Amarillo, TX | HEAVY SNOW WAS STILL FALLING |
| Jan 21, 11:53 PM CST | SNOW 9.3 | 1 Nw Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 21, 11:58 PM CST | SNOW 11 | 7 Ene Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 2 Wsw Borger, TX | |
| Jan 22, 12:10 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 1 Nnw Canyon, TX | |
| Jan 22, 12:25 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 N Borger, TX | 2 TO 3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. VISIBILITY CURRENTLY AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE FROM HEAVY SNOW. SOME DRIFTING IS OCCURRING. |
| Jan 22, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Perryton, TX | |
| Jan 22, 1:15 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Hereford, TX | |
| Jan 22, 1:22 AM CST | SNOW 12.5 | E Panhandle, TX | LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING |
| Jan 22, 1:33 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Claude, TX | ESTIMATED ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 12 INCHES SO FAR WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON ROADWAYS. |
| Jan 22, 2:15 AM CST | SNOW 10.4 | Canyon, TX | |
| Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 7 Ene Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 3:15 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 5 Wnw Amarillo, TX | LIGHT SNOW WAS STILL FALLING |
| Jan 22, 3:17 AM CST | SNOW 12 | 1 Nw Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 3:49 AM CST | SNOW 10 | 1 W Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 3:49 AM CST | SNOW 13 | 2 Sse Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 3:54 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 6 Nnw Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 3:54 AM CST | SNOW 11.5 | 2 W Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 4:48 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Texline, TX | |
| Jan 22, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 11.2 | 5 Wsw Amarillo, TX | LIGHT SNOW WAS STILL FALLING |
| Jan 22, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 7 Wsw Amarillo, TX | |
| Jan 22, 6:29 AM CST | SNOW 5.8 | 5 Sse Hereford, 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 2149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112 WWUS44 KAMA 202048 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 248 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 ...MIDWEEK WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE PANHANDLES... OKZ001-TXZ001-002-006-007-210500- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0001.150121T1200Z-150123T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WS.W.0002.150121T1200Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS 248 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS A BIT OF RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ011>013-016>018-210500- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0001.150121T2100Z-150123T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 248 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * EVENT...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS A BIT OF RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
7 follow-up statements
886 WWUS44 KAMA 210416 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1016 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... OKZ001-TXZ001-002-006-007-211100- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0002.150121T1200Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS 1016 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHWESTERN COMBINED PANHANDLES. * EVENT...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS A BIT OF RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ TXZ011>013-016>018-211100- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.A.0001.150121T2100Z-150123T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 1016 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. * EVENT...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ELSENHEIMER/COCKRELL
404 WWUS44 KAMA 211035 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 435 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... TXZ011>013-016>018-211900- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0001.150121T2100Z-150123T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KAMA.WS.W.0002.150121T2100Z-150123T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 435 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ OKZ002-TXZ003-008-211900- /O.EXA.KAMA.WS.W.0002.150121T1200Z-150123T0000Z/ TEXAS-HANSFORD-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUYMON...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...BORGER 435 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...7 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ001-TXZ001-002-006-007-211900- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0002.150121T1200Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY-MOORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS 435 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...10 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ004-005-009-010-014-015-019-020-211900- /O.NEW.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.150121T2100Z-150123T0000Z/ BEAVER-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-GRAY-WHEELER-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...PERRYTON...BOOKER... HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI...CANADIAN...PAMPA...SHAMROCK... WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 435 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CLK
116 WWUS44 KAMA 211617 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1017 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... TXZ004-009-014-220000- /O.UPG.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.150121T2100Z-150123T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KAMA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ OCHILTREE-ROBERTS-GRAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRYTON...MIAMI...PAMPA 1017 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ TXZ011>013-016>018-220000- /O.EXT.KAMA.WS.W.0002.150121T1617Z-150123T0000Z/ OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 1017 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN FALLING BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-220000- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...HARTLEY...CHANNING...DUMAS... BORGER 1017 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...10 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FALLING THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION MIGHT START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ005-010-015-019-020-220000- /O.EXT.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.150121T1617Z-150123T0000Z/ BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS... FOLLETT...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 1017 AM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN BEFORE QUICKLY CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NF
347 WWUS44 KAMA 212239 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 439 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... OKZ001-002-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>018-220400- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...HARTLEY...CHANNING... DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 439 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING BETWEEN 9PM AND 4AM BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ005-010-015-019-020-220400- /O.CON.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS... FOLLETT...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 439 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. * TIMING...RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 11PM AND 6AM BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
162 WWUS44 KAMA 220350 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 950 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... OKZ001-002-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>018-221200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...HARTLEY...CHANNING... DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 950 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL PANHANDLES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING THROUGH 4 AM BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ005-010-015-019-020-221200- /O.CON.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS... FOLLETT...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 950 PM CST WED JAN 21 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * EVENT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SCHNEIDER
693 WWUS44 KAMA 221148 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 548 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>018-222000- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...HARTLEY...CHANNING... DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 548 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH OR LESS THROUGH 6 PM. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN VERY DANGEROUS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ OKZ003-TXZ005-010-015-019-020-222000- /O.CON.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS... FOLLETT...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 548 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EVENT...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH OR LESS THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ANDRADE
052 WWUS44 KAMA 221753 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1153 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 OKZ001-002-TXZ001>004-006>009-011>014-016>018-221900- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-HARTLEY-MOORE- HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...SPEARMAN...GRUVER...PERRYTON...HARTLEY...CHANNING... DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE... WHITE DEER...PAMPA...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE 1153 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES THIS MORNING. VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ OKZ003-TXZ005-010-015-019-020-221900- /O.CAN.KAMA.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150123T0000Z/ BEAVER-LIPSCOMB-HEMPHILL-WHEELER-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...BOOKER...HIGGINS... FOLLETT...CANADIAN...SHAMROCK...WHEELER...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 1153 AM CST THU JAN 22 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PANHANDLES SO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 20, 11:58 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 11:58 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1158 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2015
.AVIATION...
THE MVFR CIGS OVER DHT AND GUY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DROP AS FAR SOUTH
AS AMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE CIGS AT DHT AND GUY SHOULD GRADUALLY
IMPROVE INTO THE VFR RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING.
MVFR CIGS SHOULD SLIDE INTO ALL SITES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SOME RAIN
AND SNOW MAY ALSO DEVELOP AT DHT BY THE END OF THIS FORECAST. WINDS
WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AND EAST THROUGH THIS FORECAST AT SPEEDS GENERALLY
UNDER 10 KNOTS. HOWEVER...THE AMA TAF SITE WILL HAVE WINDS UP AROUND
15 KNOTS BEFORE DECREASING EARLY THIS EVENING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1147 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2015/
UPDATE...
AFTER REVIEWING LATEST MODEL DATA THOUGHT IT PRUDENT TO UPDATE WRN
SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES TO A WINTER STORM WATCH. MODELS CONTINUE
TO TREND HIGHER WITH SNOW AMOUNTS AND CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO
INCREASE ON THIS EVENT. WINTER STORM WATCH IS SEGMENTED BY TIME AS
ACCUMULATING SNOWS SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NW PANHANDLES FIRST ON WED
MORNING AND EVENTUALLY BEGIN FURTHER SOUTH BY THE AFTERNOON/EVENING
HOURS. CONFIDENCE IN 4+ INCH AMOUNTS IS FAIRLY HIGH. HOWEVER, STAYED
WITH A WATCH INSTEAD OF A WARNING AS CONFIDENCE IN 6+ INCH AMOUNTS
IS A BIT LOWER THOUGH INCREASING.
SIMPSON
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 549 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2015/
AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH SOUTH OF
THE SRN TX PNHDL THIS MORNING. MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY
LOWER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM. THE MAIN WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT
THE TERMINAL SITES JUST BEYOND THIS FCST CYCLE.
ANDRADE
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 454 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2015/
SHORT TERM...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OVER THE DAKOTAS. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING AND COMBINED WITH MID-LEVEL
FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING CAN SUPPORT LIGHT RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE HIGH RES MODELS INDICATE THIS RAIN
MOVING INTO THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL...ALTHOUGH DRY
AIR AT THE LOW-LEVELS SHOULD PREVENT THIS FROM REACHING THE GROUND.
MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE SOUTH ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. COLDER AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL KNOCK
HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON BACK CLOSER TO SEASONAL
NORMALS...WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AREA WIDE.
LONG TERM...
FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST CENTERS ON AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH THAT
WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH MID
DAY THURSDAY.
FORCING FOR ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL START TO INCREASE
LATE TONIGHT WHILE DRY AIR AT THE LOW-LEVELS GRADUALLY SATURATES.
SNOW WILL START TO SPREAD INTO THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES OUT OF EASTERN
NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND FURTHER EAST
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AMA CWA WEDNESDAY AS SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT
INCREASES AS THIS SYSTEM SLIDES OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. PRECIP
TYPE WILL START OUT AS ALL SNOW GIVEN TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
FREEZING WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER
30S TO THE LOWER 40S OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHERE SNOW
WILL LIKELY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AND ALSO
LEADING TO LOWER SNOWFALL TOTALS. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES WILL
STRUGGLE TO WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...KEEPING PRECIP TYPE AS ALL
SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...AND
MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN A BAND OF NEAR 4-6 INCHES
OF SNOW MOVING OUT OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE. NCEP GUIDANCE AND THE WPC WINTER WEATHER DESK HAS ALSO
INCREASED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE AREAS. HAVE GONE AND INCREASED
POPS AND QPF ACCORDINGLY. FUTURE SHIFTS WILL EVALUATE SNOWFALL
POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM AS WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED.
HAVE DECIDED AGAINST ISSUING A WINTER STORM WATCH THIS SHIFT AS
CONFIDENCE IN 6 INCH PLUS TOTALS IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PULL THE
TRIGGER.
THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY
EVENING...LEADING TO GRADUAL CLEARING SKIES ONCE THE SNOW ENDS MID
DAY. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL LEAD TO A GRADUAL WARM UP HEADING
INTO THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF THE WARM UP WILL HIGHLY DEPEND
ON THE DEPTH OF THE SNOW COVER IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM. GIVEN THE
ANTICIPATED ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...DID TRIM HIGH TEMPERATURES SEVERAL
DEGREES GOING INTO THE WEEKEND.
CLK
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
DEAF SMITH...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DALLAM...HARTLEY...
MOORE...SHERMAN.
OK...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON.
&&
15/09Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 2:37 PM CST, 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 237 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-211200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 237 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW COULD BEGIN TO FALL IN FAR NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES VERY LATE TONIGHT. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. FOUR TO UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH LOWER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FURTHER EAST. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 11:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore and 4 more | 17 hr |
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Sources
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