Strong gradient winds resulted in isolated wind damage over the south central Texas panhandle during the afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds resulted in isolated wind damage over the south central Texas panhandle during the afternoon 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 Apr 19, 1:10 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 210 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 COLD FRONT MOVING THRU NRN PANHANDLES ATTM...WITH SURFACE LOW N OF BORGER. STRONG WLY WINDS ACROSS THE SRN TX PANHANDLE WITH DRYLINE MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN OK. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE RESULTING IN A FEW SHOWERS AND TSTMS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA. SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE OK PANHANDLE AND WRN TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOOKS ISOLATED TO SCT SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE PANHANDLES A GOOD PART OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH BEST CHANCES ACROSS THE NE ZONES. THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED JUST EAST OF THE AREA THIS AFTN AND EVENING. SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE AREA SUNDAY. LIGHT WINDS BY SUN AFTN AND EVENING. NEXT UPR SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA BY TUES AND WED. MODELS INDICATING THAT ADEQUATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RETURN TUES ON SOUTHERLY WINDS. WITH SWLY FLOW ALOFT STAGE MAY BE SET FOR SCT STORMS TUE AFTN AND EVENING...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. BY WED UPR SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS...DRYLINE BECOMES MUCH BETTER DEFINED...WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WX THREAT ACROSS ERN ZONES. WK COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THU NIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS FRI. NEXT UPR SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND. WILL LEAVE SAT DRY FOR NOW...AS SUN LOOKS BETTER FOR PCPN AT THIS POINT. CHILLY NIGHT TONIGHT AND BELOW AVE TEMPS ON SUNDAY. GRADUAL WARMING WITH SEASONAL TEMPS EXPECTED MON THRU THU. FCSTID = 09 AMARILLO 37 65 40 73 / 20 00 00 10 BEAVER 38 62 39 71 / 30 00 00 00 BOISE CITY 33 62 36 70 / 20 00 00 10 BORGER 38 65 40 73 / 20 00 00 00 BOYS RANCH 36 65 39 72 / 20 00 00 10 CANYON 39 67 41 73 / 20 00 00 10 CLARENDON 42 69 43 73 / 20 00 00 00 DALHART 34 63 37 71 / 20 00 00 10 GUYMON 36 62 38 71 / 20 00 00 00 HEREFORD 39 69 40 74 / 20 00 00 10 LIPSCOMB 40 63 39 71 / 30 00 00 00 PAMPA 41 66 40 73 / 20 00 00 00 SHAMROCK 42 67 42 73 / 20 00 00 00 WELLINGTON 43 69 44 74 / 20 00 00 00 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE.
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-201100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE PANHANDLE REGION HAS DIMINISHED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARDS THE PANHANDLES FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NUNEZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A carport was reportedly blown down three miles northwest of Amarillo.
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