A deepening surface trough of low pressure near the Texas and New Mexico state line caused strong west winds across the southwest Texas panhandle during the afternoon hours. Gusts of 49 knots were measured at the Texas Mesonet station two miles northwest of Hereford in Deaf Smith county.
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A deepening surface trough of low pressure near the Texas and New Mexico state line caused strong west winds across the southwest Texas panhandle during the afternoon hours. Gusts of 49 knots were measured at the Texas Mesonet station two miles northwest of Hereford in Deaf Smith county.
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 2, 3:04 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
304 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2005
.DISCUSSION...
WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND HELP TO KEEP MIN TEMPS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN
PAST FEW NIGHTS...WHILE LIGHT WINDS IN THE NORTH AND EAST WILL ALLOW
FOR COOLING AS EXPERIENCED LAST EVENING DESPITE CLOUD COVER. AS LEE
TROF EXITS TOMORROW...A COLD FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE
PANHANDLES...USHERING IN THE START OF COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE
COMING WEEK. DOWNSLOPE AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES WILL
ALLOW FOR A WARMUP TOMORROW BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT OTHERWISE
MAX TEMPS WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN MOST AREAS SAW TODAY.
WHILE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN MAIN ENERGY ON SUNDAY PASSING TO THE
NORTH...BOTH UKMET AND GFS DO GRAZE THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES IN THE
SUNDAY TIMEFRAME WITH A PORTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LIFT. IN
ADDITION...ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE COULD BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST AS EARLY
AS SATURDAY NIGHT...AND HAVE STARTED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SNOW IN
THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES AT 00Z SUNDAY FOR THIS POSSIBILITY AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING WAVE.
ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR ON SUNDAY WILL FOSTER ALREADY MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES AND SHOULD KEEP MAX TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S NORTH TO
LOWER 40S SOUTH FOR SUNDAY. LIGHT WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AMID A SURFACE
RIDGE AND DECREASING CLOUD COVER WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP ONCE
AGAIN INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S AREAWIDE. BRIEF MODERATION OF
TEMPERATURES THEN EXPECTED MONDAY AS LEE TROF AGAIN DEVELOPS.
AS USUAL...DEWPOINTS WERE FAR TOO WARM IN SHORT TERM MODEL
GUIDANCE...AND SO UNDERCUT NOTABLY IN REWORKING OF DEWPOINT GRIDS.
FRONTAL PASSAGE WIDELY ANTICIPATED FOR TUESDAY WILL SIGNAL THE
ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC CHILL FOR THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. 850MB TEMPS OF 14
TO 17 BELOW ZERO CELSIUS SUGGEST OVERNIGHT LOWS TUESDAY POSSIBLY IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS...WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND CHILLS APPROACHING ADVISORY
CRITERION FOR THE PANHANDLES...FOLLOWED BY HIGHS IN THE TEENS TO NEAR
20 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE
FORECAST AREA...WHERE CLOUD COVER WILL BE AMPLE. GFS BRINGS NEXT
SYSTEM INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY...WHICH COULD SIGNAL A THREAT OF SNOW
FOR MOST OF THE PANHANDLES REGION...HOWEVER UNCERTAINTY AT THIS TIME
PRECLUDES MENTION OF POPS. DID INCREASE NORTHERN ZONES TO JUST BELOW
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR FUTURE SHIFTS TO EXAMINE FURTHER.
CONTINUED COLD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WINDS SLACKEN AND SKIES BEGIN TO
CLEAR. WARMUP /AT LEAST RELATIVELY SPEAKING/ EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY AS
LEE TROF DEVELOPS AGAIN.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 35 56 25 40 / 0 0 0 10
BEAVER OK 26 42 20 36 / 0 0 10 30
BOISE CITY OK 29 45 21 35 / 0 0 20 30
BORGER TX 36 50 27 39 / 0 0 0 20
BOYS RANCH TX 35 52 27 40 / 0 0 0 20
CANYON TX 37 61 25 41 / 0 0 0 10
CLARENDON TX 38 59 28 43 / 0 0 0 10
DALHART TX 32 48 23 38 / 0 0 10 30
GUYMON OK 27 41 22 36 / 0 0 20 30
HEREFORD TX 39 63 26 43 / 0 0 0 0
LIPSCOMB TX 27 43 22 37 / 0 0 10 20
PAMPA TX 36 51 26 37 / 0 0 0 20
SHAMROCK TX 35 56 28 40 / 0 0 0 10
WELLINGTON TX 37 64 29 43 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR TXZ006-TXZ007-
TXZ008-TXZ009-TXZ010-TXZ011-TXZ012-TXZ013-TXZ014-TXZ015-
TXZ016-TXZ017-TXZ018-TXZ019-TXZ020.
&&
KRAMARTEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 214 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-030000- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 214 PM CST FRI DEC 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DALHART TO CANADIAN. IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES DUE TO THE BREEZY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH UP TO ONE INCH IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE EXPECTED AS A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY. THIS EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS COULD BRING WIND CHILL VALUES APPROACHING MINUS FIVE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew over a few large trees in Hereford in the six hundred block of East Second...on East Third...and on East Fourth Streets. There were also power lines reported downed by the strong winds.
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