Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Amarillo, TX

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WWUS54 KAMA 152136
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
436 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

OKC025-TXC111-152200-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160415T2200Z/
CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-
436 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CIMARRON AND NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTIES...

AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
WARE...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DALHART...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE. HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL CIMARRON AND NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3618 10263 3628 10287 3662 10271 3651 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 203DEG 19KT 3632 10271 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CE

061 
WWUS54 KAMA 152155
SVSAMA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
455 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

OKC025-TXC111-152204-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160415T2200Z/
CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-
455 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CIMARRON AND
NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3618 10263 3628 10287 3662 10271 3651 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 202DEG 43KT 3632 10271 

$$

CE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
353 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NOW ALONG DRYLINE...POSITIONED
NEAR THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE.  SEE EARLIER FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT.   SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

CLOSED MID-LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY WEST OF 4-CORNERS EXPECTED TO MOVE
VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MOST DAYS OF THE FORECAST. EASTERN SECTIONS OF
PANHANDLES TARGETED FOR HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH SUNDAY.  A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WHEN COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

CURRENT FORECAST HAS MONDAY AS A DRY DAY IN THE WAKE OF COLD FRONT.
THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES REMAIN IN FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY DUE TO EXPECTED MOISTURE RETURN.  LOW POPS THEREAFTER
CONFINED TO EASTERN SECTIONS.  03

COCKRELL

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
FRIDAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WETTING RAINS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES REMAINING ABOVE 20 PERCENT.  03

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                54  71  45  61  41 /  60  60  70  50  40
BEAVER OK                  58  67  51  58  42 /  80  90 100  80  50
BOISE CITY OK              48  62  39  52  36 /  80  90  60  40  30
BORGER TX                  58  69  48  61  42 /  60  60  90  60  40
BOYS RANCH TX              53  72  45  61  41 /  50  60  60  40  30
CANYON TX                  51  73  45  63  41 /  50  50  70  40  30
CLARENDON TX               55  69  51  64  44 /  60  60 100  50  40
DALHART TX                 49  68  40  57  38 /  50  70  60  40  30
GUYMON OK                  55  66  45  56  40 /  80  90  80  70  30
HEREFORD TX                52  74  44  63  41 /  50  50  60  30  30
LIPSCOMB TX                58  66  53  60  44 /  60  80 100  80  60
PAMPA TX                   56  67  48  60  42 /  60  60 100  60  40
SHAMROCK TX                56  66  54  63  46 /  60  80 100  80  50
WELLINGTON TX              56  68  56  66  48 /  60  80 100  80  50

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
     COLLINGSWORTH...DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...
     HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...WHEELER.

OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER.

&&

18/03

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
319 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-161100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
319 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE ON SATURDAY. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
NEEDED AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

COCKRELL