strong non-thunderstorm winds blew across the south-central Texas panhandle. More than sixty vehicles had their windows blown out at the William P.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
During the early morning hours...strong non-thunderstorm winds blew across the south-central Texas panhandle. More than sixty vehicles had their windows blown out at the William P. Clements Prison Unit in northeast Amarillo...however no injuries occurred from the high winds. During the early afternoon hours...two funnel clouds were verified via storm chaser's video over the north-central Texas panhandle. No damage or injuries occurred from these funnel clouds.
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 3, 3:14 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 414 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... WOW...WHAT A SCENARIO WE HAVE TODAY SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A COLD FRONT EDGING INTO THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLES WHILE THE DRY LINE HUGGED NEAR THE NEW MEXICO/TEXAS STATE LINE. THIS BOUNDARY WILL COME A HALT WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER NEW MEXICO TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING. INCREASED THE POPS THIS MORNING...PARTICULARLY OVER THE WESTERN AREAS...GIVEN FORCING AVAILABLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE MAIN SHORTWAVE AXIS IS LAGGING BEHIND THIS LEADING IMPULSE ACCORDING TO THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS. WE EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY PEAK HEATING. CONCERNED THAT MORNING CONVECTION AND CLOUD COVER MAY BECOME A HINDERANCE FOR AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES WHERE CONDITIONAL INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST. THOUGH SEVERE WORDING WAS ADDED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CONFIDENCE IS LOW. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE GREAT BASIN EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL FOLLOW AFTERWARDS AND WILL DRIVE THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT SOUTHWARD. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS AGREE THAT THE FRONT WILL ADVANCE FURTHER SOUTH THAT PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. ADJUSTED THE WIND AND DEWPOINT GRIDS SIGNIFICANTLY TO MATCH LATEST TREND. POPS WHERE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY ALSO. RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. EXPECT WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS BEFORE MOISTURE RETURNS WITH THE NEXT SCHEDULED SYSTEM ON TUESDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 81 58 84 60 / 40 30 0 10 BEAVER OK 79 63 88 60 / 50 40 20 20 BOISE CITY OK 78 55 77 55 / 30 20 10 20 BORGER TX 82 60 87 63 / 40 30 10 10 BOYS RANCH TX 83 57 85 58 / 50 20 0 10 CANYON TX 84 57 85 59 / 40 30 0 10 CLARENDON TX 83 62 89 63 / 50 40 10 10 DALHART TX 79 56 79 56 / 40 20 10 10 GUYMON OK 80 61 81 58 / 30 30 10 20 HEREFORD TX 86 57 83 59 / 40 10 0 10 LIPSCOMB TX 80 64 89 62 / 50 40 10 20 PAMPA TX 81 62 87 64 / 50 40 10 20 SHAMROCK TX 82 65 92 65 / 50 40 10 20 WELLINGTON TX 83 66 94 66 / 50 40 10 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13/08
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1020 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 1020 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE MOVES ACROSS WEST TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION EACH EACH AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SCHNEIDER
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:30 UTC.
3 high wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
An official NWS cooperative observer reported high winds two miles north of Pantex.
High winds reported two miles north of Amarillo. Nine state vehicles and more than sixty private vehicles had their windows blown out by the microburst or thunderstorm outflow at the William P. Clements Prison Unit in Amarillo.
Received a call from the Clements Prison Unit that more than sixty private vehicles and nine state vehicles had windows broken or blown out. An official on-site storm survey was made a short time after the high wind event occurred.
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