Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds occurred across the eastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds occurred across the eastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 27, 1:17 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 217 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 LOOKS LIKE FIRST PERIOD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE BETTER THAN AVERAGE EVEN OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...SOUTH PLAIN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE PER RECENT 88D RADAR IMAGERY. PRIMARY MECHANISMS FOR DEVELOPMENT ARE THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS. WE HAVE A LOW PRESSURE CENTER BETWEEN GUYMON AND LAHUNTA WITH A PRIMARY SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHED EAST- WEST JUST NORTH OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THIS PATTERN FAVORS CONVECTION AND PERHAPS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM GUYMON TO CANADIAN AND FROM BORGER TO BEAVER...SIMILAR TO NATIONAL QPF GUIDANCE AND 12Z SHORT RANGE MODEL FORECASTS. MEANWHILE...12Z ETA/AVN MODELS SHOW THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A 25H RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION AND FAVORABLE 7H OMEGA FIELDS OF -8 TO -10 UBAR/S. CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST SOUTHERN STORMS WILL TRACK NORTH TO NORTHEAST. THIS MAY ALLOW CONVECTION TO ORGANIZE ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WHERE AN ISOLATED WET MICROBURST WOULD BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FOR THIS AREA ARE PROGED TO BE NEARLY TWO INCHES BY 06Z SATURDAY. A QUICK LOOK OUT THE OFFICE WINDOW CONFIRMS DEVELOPING TCU/CB. WILL BUMP POPS TO LIKELY OVER NORTHERN ZONES AND MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL THEN TAPER POPS SOUTHWARD BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WILL NEED TO CONTINUE MENTION OF POPS FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION BASED ON RICH MOISTURE VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE PANHANDLES. WILL ALSO LOWER HIGHS A CAT SINCE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH SHOULD GET PUSHED OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND SKIES WILL BE ONLY PARTLY SUNNY. SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WILL RETAIN SLIGHT POPS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPS WILL BE WARMER ON SUNDAY WITH MORE INSOLATION EXPECTED. NO REAL CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PERIODS. WILL HOWEVER CARRY SLIGHT POPS INTO TUESDAY OVER THE DALHART AND GUYMON GROUPS. APPEARS MID LEVEL PATTERN WILL BE FAIRLY AMPLIFIED (BASED ON CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE) OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THIS PATTERN FAVORS MOUNTAIN CONVECTION THAT COULD AFFECT OUR NORTHWEST/NORTHCENTRAL COUNTIES PRIMARILY. PRELIM CCF... AMA BU 70/93 70/98 70 302 DHT BB 66/90 66/93 65 623 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. SLATTERY
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Nine utility poles were reported blown down by the high winds. A trailer was totaled and blown about forty to fifty feet from where it had been parked. Several roofs were also damaged by the high winds.
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