Severe thunderstorms across the southeastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours produced damaging winds but no injuries were reported.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms across the southeastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours produced damaging winds but 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 Sep 13, 3:13 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 413 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT REACHED THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY FORMING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WHERE LOW LEVEL FORCING COMBINED WITH THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS. MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE GIVEN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. UPPER LEVEL FORCING INCREASES AND 0-6KM SHEAR IMPROVES OVERNIGHT WITH THE ENTRANCE A WEAK DISTURBANCE...PARTICULARLY OVER THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...WARM AIR ADVECTION INCREASES CONSIDERABLY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. POPS WERE ADJUSTED TO SHOW MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS TONIGHT. WITH THE FRONT REMAINING IN THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. A STRONGER SHORTWAVE ENTERS THE SCENE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ENHANCING LIFT ACROSS THE BOUNDARY. THEREFORE...POPS WERE INCREASED ONCE AGAIN. BY THE WAY...RAIN...CLOUD COVER AND THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS...MAY KEEP THE NORTHERN SECTIONS QUITE COOL ON WEDNESDAY. WITH THE PASSAGE OF SHORTWAVE...EXPECT RAIN TO DIMINISH ON THURSDAY. WEAK RIDGING BUILDS OVERHEAD AND SHOULD KEEP THE WEATHER BENIGN. BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND ALSO NEXT TUESDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE PANHANDLES. THE LATTER ONE MAY END UP HAVING A BETTER PUSH...BUT NOT QUITE BUYING OFF ON THE TIMING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 61 78 58 82 / 20 30 30 20 BEAVER OK 59 68 56 83 / 40 40 30 20 BOISE CITY OK 54 68 52 80 / 30 30 20 10 BORGER TX 61 72 59 83 / 30 40 40 20 BOYS RANCH TX 61 77 59 84 / 20 30 30 10 CANYON TX 61 83 59 84 / 20 30 30 20 CLARENDON TX 64 84 61 84 / 30 40 40 20 DALHART TX 57 71 55 82 / 20 20 20 10 GUYMON OK 57 67 54 80 / 40 40 30 20 HEREFORD TX 61 84 58 85 / 20 30 30 10 LIPSCOMB TX 62 68 58 83 / 50 50 50 30 PAMPA TX 61 71 58 81 / 40 40 40 20 SHAMROCK TX 64 78 61 86 / 50 50 50 30 WELLINGTON TX 66 84 63 86 / 50 50 50 30 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 13/08
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-141100- 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 TUE SEP 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WAYSIDE TO WHEELER. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SLATTERY
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Whole large trees blown down knocking down two thousand feet of power line. One home lost power...however no power poles broken or downed. No injuries were reported.
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