Severe thunderstorms over the western Oklahoma panhandle produced high winds and an isolated tornado during the early evening hours. however the tornado damaged an irrigation pivot.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms over the western Oklahoma panhandle produced high winds and an isolated tornado during the early evening hours. No injuries were reported from the severe weather...however the tornado damaged an irrigation pivot.
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 Jun 15, 2:55 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 355 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST PERIOD IS FRONTAL PASSAGES. MODELS BRING A FRONT DOWN ON WEDNESDAY...GFS HAS TRIED TO SLOW DOWN THE FRONT SLIGHTLY...BUT EXPECT MCS TONIGHT TO HELP ACCELERATE ITS SOUTHWARD MOTION. SHOULD SEE IT ENTER OUR AREA OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT SHOULD HELP IT DROP SOUTH OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. OUGHT TO SEE SOME CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT TOMORROW AND THURSDAY AS IT SLIDES SOUTH. ON FRIDAY...LOW DEVELOPS OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AS THE EARLIER PROGGED FRIDAY/SATURDAY COLD FRONT HEADS SOUTH. IT SHOULD MAKE A STRONG SOUTHWARD PUSH FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING...AND OUGHT TO BE IN THE CWA BY SATURDAY MORNING. POSSIBLE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT COULD HELP GIVE US PRECIP ON SATURDAY...SO RAISED POPS ON SATURDAY TO 30 PERCENT. CONVECTION ALONG IT SHOULD HELP IT PUSH SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLE BY SUNDAY...BUT PRESSURE FALLS OVER NEW MEXICO BACK OUR WINDS SUNDAY EVENING...ALLOWING THE FRONT TO MAKE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT BY MONDAY. KEPT POPS ON MONDAY WITH SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE RETURN ON SOUTHEAST WINDS. TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT OUGHT TO COOL DOWN SOME. KEPT TEMPS GENERALLY AS THEY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE...COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT... BUT SOME RECOVERY SOON AFTER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO 65 90 62 85 / 20 20 30 20 BEAVER 64 89 61 84 / 20 30 40 20 BOISE CITY 57 82 54 78 / 20 30 40 20 BORGER 65 89 63 84 / 20 30 30 20 BOYS RANCH 63 88 60 83 / 20 30 30 20 CANYON 65 90 62 84 / 20 20 30 20 CLARENDON 68 91 65 86 / 20 20 30 20 DALHART 62 86 56 82 / 20 30 30 20 GUYMON 63 87 60 82 / 20 30 40 20 HEREFORD 62 90 62 84 / 20 20 30 20 LIPSCOMB 66 89 61 85 / 20 30 30 20 PAMPA 66 89 63 85 / 20 20 30 20 SHAMROCK 69 91 67 86 / 20 20 30 20 WELLINGTON 69 91 68 88 / 10 20 30 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && KRAMAR
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 259 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-160500- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 259 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT INTERACTS WITH THE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 441 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 TXZ011-152300- OLDHAM- 441 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RURAL OLDHAM AND DEAF SMITH COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS RURAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL OLDHAM AND FAR WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OTHER STORMS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES NEAR ONE AND A HALF INCH PER HOUR AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED. SLATTERY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 443 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 TXZ011-016-152300- DEAF SMITH-OLDHAM- 443 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER RURAL OLDHAM AND DEAF SMITH COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS RURAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL OLDHAM AND FAR WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OTHER STORMS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WESTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES NEAR ONE AND A HALF INCH PER HOUR AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED. SLATTERY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 519 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 OKZ001-TXZ001-152330- CIMARRON-DALLAM- 519 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CIMARRON AND DALLAM COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS RURAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CIMARRON AND FAR NORTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OVER RURAL AREAS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. OTHER STORMS WILL STRENGTHEN AND APPROACH DALHART AND BOISE CITY LATER THIS EVENINIG. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES NEAR ONE AND A HALF INCH PER HOUR AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED. SLATTERY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado touched down over open country and the path length and path width were estimated. No injuries occurred from this tornado...however an irrigation pivot was damaged.
Thunderstorm wind gust measured from vehicle anemometer.
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