A winter storm over the southern Rockies moved east into the Oklahoma panhandle during the morning hours producing heavy snow in the central Oklahoma panhandle.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A winter storm over the southern Rockies moved east into the Oklahoma panhandle during the morning hours producing heavy snow in the central Oklahoma panhandle.
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 Dec 8, 4:00 PM CST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
359 PM CST MON 08 DEC 2003
...MEASURABLE SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY TUESDAY...
STRONG INDICATIONS IN LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS THAT THE WINTER STORM
WILL BRING MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING. DID ADD GRAY AND WHEELER COUNTIES TO THE ADVISORY. SEE
LATEST LBBWSWAMA -WINTER STORM PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. TEMPERATURES WERE
SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR WINDS AND SNOW
COVER.
ANOTHER FRONT SURGES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY...ENDING THE
MINOR WARM TREND EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKS STEADILY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY...BUT
STILL SOME QUESTION WHETHER MOISTURE WILL ADVECT THIS FAR NORTH.
ADDED 10 PERCENT TO ACCOUNT FOR TREND.
FCSTID = 08
AMARILLO 29 37 20 43 / 80 60 00 00
BEAVER 30 33 21 37 / 90 90 00 00
BOISE CITY 27 35 17 42 / 90 70 00 00
BORGER 31 36 19 43 / 80 70 00 00
BOYS RANCH 29 36 18 42 / 80 60 00 00
CANYON 30 37 20 44 / 80 60 00 00
CLARENDON 33 40 24 45 / 80 70 00 00
DALHART 28 35 17 42 / 90 60 00 00
GUYMON 29 34 19 39 / 90 90 00 00
HEREFORD 29 37 20 46 / 80 60 00 00
LIPSCOMB 30 35 23 41 / 90 90 00 00
PAMPA 29 38 23 44 / 80 80 00 00
SHAMROCK 31 40 26 45 / 80 80 00 00
WELLINGTON 33 40 27 45 / 80 80 00 00
.AMA...
TX...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY EFFECTIVE 06Z THRU 18Z TUE
Z001>010-014-015.
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING EFFECTIVE 06Z TUE THRU 18Z TUE Z001>003.TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 256 PM CST MON DEC 8 2003 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-091200- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 256 PM CST MON DEC 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. 05
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Texas county reported four inches of snow on the ground in Guymon Oklahoma.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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