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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this winter storm warning at Nov 25, 2015, 3:29 PM CST for Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; Dallam County, Hartley County, Sherman County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 35 hr. 5 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
- Nov 25, 2015, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2015, 4:39 AM CST
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
Counties Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 6:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.07 | 3 Sw Dalhart, TX | ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MEASURED BY ASOS TOTALED 0.07 INCHES BETWEEN 12 PM AND 6 PM. |
| Nov 27, 12:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.06 | 3 Sw Dalhart, TX | ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN MEASURED BY ASOS TOTALED 0.06 INCHES BETWEEN 6 PM AND 12 AM. |
| Nov 27, 3:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Boise City, OK | ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS |
| Nov 27, 3:52 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Guymon, OK | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 11 Ese Keyes, OK | 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. 1.88 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 3189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818 WWUS44 KAMA 252129 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 329 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-260530- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0003.151127T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.IS.W.0001.151127T0600Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 329 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-260530- /O.UPG.KAMA.WS.A.0003.151127T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KAMA.WS.W.0004.151127T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 329 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION COULD BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THAT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX THURSDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
8 follow-up statements
852 WWUS44 KAMA 260302 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 902 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-261115- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.151127T0600Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 902 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-261115- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.151127T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 902 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION COULD BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THAT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX THURSDAY EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
470 WWUS44 KAMA 261020 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 420 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-262100- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.151127T0600Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 420 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-262100- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.151127T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 420 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION COULD BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THAT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
714 WWUS44 KAMA 262051 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 251 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-270500- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.151127T0600Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 251 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-270500- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.151127T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 251 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION COULD BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THAT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
675 WWUS44 KAMA 270256 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 856 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-271130- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.151127T0600Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 856 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-271130- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 856 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. PRECIPITATION COULD BECOME MIXED WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW FRIDAY...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THAT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
639 WWUS44 KAMA 271120 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 520 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-272200- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 520 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-272200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 520 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
888 WWUS44 KAMA 272134 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 334 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-280600- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 334 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... * EVENT...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-280600- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 334 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COCKRELL
982 WWUS44 KAMA 280217 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 817 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ003-TXZ003>005-007>020-281130- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS- HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...DUMAS...BORGER...MIAMI... CANADIAN...VEGA...AMARILLO...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...HEREFORD...CANYON...CLAUDE...CLARENDON... WELLINGTON 817 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW MAY MIX IN FROM TIME TO TIME. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-281130- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 817 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
017 WWUS44 KAMA 281039 WSWAMA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 439 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 OKZ003-TXZ003-004-007-008-011-012-016-017-281145- /O.CAN.KAMA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ BEAVER-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-OLDHAM-POTTER- DEAF SMITH-RANDALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER...FORGAN...SPEARMAN...GRUVER... PERRYTON...DUMAS...BORGER...VEGA...AMARILLO...HEREFORD...CANYON 439 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...HOWEVER LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED. $$ OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-281145- /O.CAN.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 439 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...HOWEVER LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ICING IS EXPECTED. $$ TXZ005-009-010-013>015-018>020-281800- /O.CON.KAMA.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ LIPSCOMB-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-CARSON-GRAY-WHEELER-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY- COLLINGSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOOKER...HIGGINS...FOLLETT...MIAMI... CANADIAN...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER...PAMPA...SHAMROCK...WHEELER... CLAUDE...CLARENDON...WELLINGTON 439 AM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * EVENT...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX IN. * TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$
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 Nov 25, 3:16 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 3:16 PM CST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
316 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POISED TO AFFECT PANHANDLES...
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
THE SYSTEM WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH IN LATEST
MODEL FORECASTS. OVERALL THINKING REMAINS THE SAME AND FORECAST WAS
NOT ADJUSTED MUCH. FOR A VAST MAJORITY OF THE CWA, THE QUESTION
SEEMS TO BE NOT IF WE'LL GET FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET, BUT HOW MUCH.
CONFIDENCE FOR THIS EVENT IS ABOVE AVERAGE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE
UPR LOW TRACK IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS IMPORTANT THAN USUAL AS THIS
EVENT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY BROAD, DIFFLUENT/DIVERGENT SW FLOW
ALOFT. OFTEN IN WINTER WEATHER EVENTS AROUND THESE PARTS, WE'RE
TRACKING AN UPR LOW IN WHICH TRACK DIFFERENCES WILL BRING A
SIGNIFICANT VARIATION IN PRECIP CHCS/PTYPE/AMOUNTS/ETC, BUT NOT THIS
ONE, WHICH IS WHAT LEADS TO OUR ABOVE AVERAGE CONFIDENCE. ABOVE
AVERAGE CONFIDENCE DOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'T STILL TO BE SOME
DETAILS SETTLED WITH THIS ONE, MAINLY A) WHAT TIME DOES THE PRECIP
TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FZRA/SLEET; AND B) HOW MUCH WILL BE SLEET
AND HOW MUCH WILL BE FZRA.
TONIGHT...A NICE START TO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WILL BEGIN TO
DETERIORATE LATE WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND DREARY CONDITIONS
MOVING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SQUEAK INTO THE OK
PANHANDLE BUT HAVE ONLY LIMITED SUCCESS MOVING FURTHER.
THANKSGIVING DAY...THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
AREA THURSDAY, BUT THE SUB FREEZING AIR WILL LAG BEHIND THE FRONT
FOR AROUND 6-12 HOURS. BOUTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED THU AS SFC TEMPS GENERALLY REMAIN
ABOVE FRZ SANS THE FAR NW CWA.
THURSDAY NIGHT... THE COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN AND BECOME WELL-
ESTABLISHED WITH THE ENTIRE PANHANDLES BELOW FREEZING BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY. IN FACT, MUCH OF THE CWA WILL BE IN THE LOWER 20S BY 12Z
FRI. SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD PRECIP WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CWA WITH
A TRANSITION TO FZRA FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A DALHART TO GUYMON
LINE. AREAS N AND W OF THIS LINE WILL LIKELY SEE MORE SLEET THAN
FZRA.
FRIDAY...FZRA WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY FOR SOME. A WARM NOSE OF AIR FROM ROUGHLY
4K-9KFT AGL WILL MELT ANY SNOW THAT FALLS THROUGH IT. MODELS TEND TO
UNDERESTIMATE THE STRENGTH OF THE WARM NOSE IN THESE EVENTS AND HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS IN THE FORECAST WITH FZRA AND SLEET
AREAS SHIFTED SLIGHTLY FURTHER NW. IN SPITE OF A MAX T IN THE WARM
LAYER OF 5-6C FOR MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENT, THE NEAR SFC
COLD LAYER WILL BE DEEP AND COLD ENOUGH TO PROMOTE SUPERCOOLED WATER
DROPLETS AND/OR REFREEZING TO SLEET (DEPENDING ON EXACT LOCATION).
WITH SFC TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 20S, SUPERCOOLED DROPS SHOULD
ACCRUE QUICKLY. IN AREAS THAT SEE MORE SLEET, THIS WILL ALSO
ACCUMULATE AS WELL AS SLEET CAN ACCUMULATE WITH GROUND TEMPS QUICKLY
COOLING AND BECOMING SUPPORTIVE. AREAS N AND W OF A ROUGHLY DALHART
TO GUYMON LINE WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO SNOW FOR A GOOD BIT OF FRI
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A COOL ENOUGH
COLUMN FOR SNOW IN THESE AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR UPCOMING VIDEO LINK ON
THE HOMEPAGE OR VIA SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF WHEN
AND WHERE WE EXPECT THE PREDOMINANT PTYPES TO BE. WINDS WILL BE
FAIRLY STRONG FROM THE NORTH ON THURSDAY, POSSIBLY EXACERBATING
PROBLEMS WITH TREES AND POWERLINES.
FRIDAY NIGHT...CONTINUED WARM AIR ALOFT WILL KEEP PTYPES SIMILAR TO
WHAT THEY ARE FRIDAY THROUGH THE NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH COLD LOWS
IN THE TEENS AND LOW 20S.
SATURDAY...THIS SYSTEM WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO RELEASE ITS GRIP ON US
BY SAT AFTERNOON...PAVING THE WAY FOR RECOVERY BY SUNDAY.
SIMPSON
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... COLD CONDITIONS ABATE
SOMEWHAT ON SUNDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING.
ISENTROPIC LIFT ALLOWS FOR POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. DRY THEREAFTER WITH HIGHS IN
THE 40S TO LOWER 50S.
COCKRELL
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 51 58 22 27 19 / 50 80 80 80 70
BEAVER OK 48 50 25 27 21 / 40 80 80 90 60
BOISE CITY OK 36 40 18 24 15 / 40 60 80 70 50
BORGER TX 53 57 25 27 21 / 50 80 80 80 60
BOYS RANCH TX 49 57 24 28 19 / 50 80 80 80 60
CANYON TX 52 60 24 28 21 / 50 80 80 80 70
CLARENDON TX 54 61 27 31 23 / 50 80 80 80 80
DALHART TX 44 51 22 26 18 / 40 80 80 80 50
GUYMON OK 42 43 21 26 19 / 40 80 80 80 60
HEREFORD TX 52 62 25 29 22 / 50 80 80 80 70
LIPSCOMB TX 54 55 28 29 22 / 40 80 80 90 70
PAMPA TX 52 57 24 28 20 / 50 80 80 80 70
SHAMROCK TX 56 61 30 32 24 / 40 80 80 80 80
WELLINGTON TX 57 64 31 32 25 / 40 80 90 80 80
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...
DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...
HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...WHEELER.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DALLAM...HARTLEY...SHERMAN.
OK...ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
9/3Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 3:23 PM CST, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 323 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-261200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 323 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES BEING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. MODERATE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES...AND THE GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. ACCUMULATION OF ICE OR SNOW WILL LIKELY LEAD TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE SUBMIT ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE OR WINTRY WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 3:29 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 69 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2015Every winter storm warning in 2015
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.