A severe thunderstorm over the southeastern Texas panhandle during the evening hours produced high winds which blew down several large trees. No injuries were reported.
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A severe thunderstorm over the southeastern Texas panhandle during the evening hours produced high winds which blew down several large trees. No injuries were reported.
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 11, 2:47 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 347 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 .DISCUSSION... TSTMS DVLPG ALONG ERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTN...MOVG SSEWD. WILL LEAVE IN CHC POPS WRN ZONES AND SLGT CHC POPS ELSEWHERE FOR TONIGHT DUE TO ABV PLUS PSBLTY OF SOME TSTMS FORMING ALONG SWD MOVG WEAK WSHFT/SFC TROF. MODELS BREAK OUT PRECIP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY FOR TUE AND TUE NIGHT...WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE SO HAVE RETAINED SLGT CHC POPS ALL ZONES TUE AND TUE NIGHT. FROM WED THRU NEXT MON...UPPER RIDGE TO DOMINATE WITH ITS AXIS OF ORIENTATION IN AN UNFAVORBALE POSITION FOR STEERING STORMS OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO OUR WEST. HOWEVER...LATEST LONG RANGE MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO HINT THAT THE UPPER RIDGE MAY REPOSITION ITSELF A BIT FURTHER WWD LATE IN THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. SHOULD THIS VERIFY...THEN PNHDLS WILL BE BACK IN NW FLOW ALOFT...WHICH COULD BRING STORMS INTO OUR AREA. FOR NOW...HAVE MAINTAINED A DRY FCST PCKG AFTER TUE NIGHT AT THIS TIME. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING FOR LATER SHIFTS TO CONSIDER AS TIME GETS CLOSER. OVERALL...PREVIOUS PCKG IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE WITH MINOR TWEEKS PERFORMED TO GRIDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 65 89 65 92 / 20 20 20 0 BEAVER OK 67 89 67 93 / 20 20 20 0 BOISE CITY OK 63 88 61 92 / 30 20 20 0 BORGER TX 67 89 65 94 / 20 20 20 0 BOYS RANCH TX 65 91 64 94 / 30 20 20 0 CANYON TX 65 89 64 93 / 20 20 20 0 CLARENDON TX 67 90 67 93 / 20 20 20 0 DALHART TX 64 90 62 92 / 30 20 20 0 GUYMON OK 66 88 64 93 / 20 20 20 0 HEREFORD TX 65 90 64 93 / 30 20 20 0 LIPSCOMB TX 68 89 67 92 / 20 20 20 0 PAMPA TX 66 89 66 91 / 20 20 20 0 SHAMROCK TX 69 90 69 93 / 20 20 20 0 WELLINGTON TX 71 91 69 94 / 20 20 20 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && ANDRADE
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS A SUBTLE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. STRONGER WINDS IN THE MIDLEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HELP THUNDERSTORMS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED...WITH A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CANYON TO GUYMON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING... MAINLY IN THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AT THIS TIME... IT APPEARS THAT ANY STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. BROST
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 633 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 TXZ014-019-120000- DONLEY TX-GRAY TX- 633 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DONLEY AND GRAY COUNTIES... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF ALANREED AT 633 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GROOM...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 721 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 TXZ019-120100- DONLEY TX- 721 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN DONLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF HOWARDWICK AT 721 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF GOODNIGHT AND IS ALSO MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN DONLEY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLARENDON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANYONE OUTDOORS...ESPECIALLY PERSONS IN AND AROUND LAKE GREENBELT...SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:05 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees blown down by the high winds and blocking one lane of traffic on U.S. Highway 287.
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