An upper low moved out of the Rockies and into the Central Plains states which ushered in cold arctic air on strong northerly winds. This resulted in some dangerously cold wind chill values across the Oklahoma panhandle.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
An upper low moved out of the Rockies and into the Central Plains states which ushered in cold arctic air on strong northerly winds. This resulted in some dangerously cold wind chill values across the Oklahoma panhandle.
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 Jan 15, 5:39 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
539 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007
.AVIATION...
DRY WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TDA...AS POSITIVELY-TILTED H5 TROF
REMAINS NW OF FCST AREA. NO CLOUDS EXPECTED. SFC RDG WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD SWD INTO PNHDLS TDA...WITH NNWLY SFC WINDS OCCASIONALLY
GUSTY THIS MRNG. SFC WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTN...
BECOMING LIGHT/VRBL AS WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT SETS UP NEAR RGD AXIS.
NO FOG OR BR EXPECTED TUE MRNG...AS LOW-LVL FLOW WILL BE WLY...
PROMOTING FURTHER DRYING. VFR FCST CONTINUES NEXT 24 HRS.
COCKRELL
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007/
DISCUSSION...
WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED ACROSS ALL BUT COLLINGSWORTH
COUNTY. WINDS ARE STAYING UP AROUND 15KT AND SHOULD SUSTAIN THROUGH
THE MORNING...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ARE IN THE
-5 TO -10 RANGE. WITH THE UPPER LOW DRAGGING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
TODAY WILL SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND INCREASING THICKNESSES...BUT
TEMPS WILL ONLY REACH THE LOW 20S ONCE AGAIN. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT
AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL STAY BELOW 10 MPH AS
THE SFC HIGH BUILDS SOUTH OVER THE PANHANDLES. SO DECIDED TO HOLD OFF
ON A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...EVEN THOUGH WIND CHILLS MAY DIP BELOW -5
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. MODELS SHOW A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING
TONIGHT OVER ARIZONA. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE MODELS SHOW
CONSISTENCY WITH DEPTH AND LOCATION OF THE CLOSED LOW AS IT
DEVELOPS...BUT THEN HANDLE THE EASTERLY PROGRESSION OF THE LOW
QUITE DIFFERENT. THE NAM SOLUTION TAKES THE LONGEST TO SHEAR OUT THE
LOW AND IN TURN ALSO HAS THE SLOWEST EASTERLY MOVEMENT. THE
GFS/UKMET/EURO PAINT THE MOST SIMILAR PICTURE WITH THE LOW SHEARING
OUT WITH THE AXIS OF THE OPEN WAVE POSITIONED OVER THE PANHANDLES 6
HOURS SOONER THAN THE NAM ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THESE
SOLUTIONS HAVE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR STRENGTH OF THE LOW.
SO...DECIDED TO GO AGAINST THE NAM...BUT KEPT TEMPS LOWER THAN MAV
GUIDANCE AS CLOUD COVER SHOULD PREVENT THE WARMING THE MAV SUGGESTS.
SOME WARMING TREND EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY BUT TEMPS SHOULD STAY
BELOW CLIMO. NEXT SYSTEM PROGGED TO IMPACT THE PANHANDLES SOMETIME
SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE
WITH THIS NEXT CLOSED LOW. THE EURO SHOWS THE DEEPEST LOW...BUT ALSO
HAS THE FASTER EASTERLY PROGRESSION. THE UKMET HAD A SIMILAR SOLUTION
TO THE GFS AND DGEX...SO FELT MORE COMFORTABLE GOING WITH THE GFS.
INSERTED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...BUT
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT LIGHT PRECIP OR EVEN DRIZZLE COULD BREAK
OUT DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IF THE EURO PANS OUT. WILL
KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON PRECIP TYPE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT THERE IS
SOME INDICATION OF MORE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.
MODELS SHOW THE SOUTHERN STREAM STILL PUSHING UP INTO THE PANHANDLES
NEXT WEEKEND PROVIDING A SIMILAR SET UP AS THIS RECENT EVENT. AT THIS
POINT...JUST INSERTED LIGHT SNOW...BUT THAT COULD EASILY CHANCE TO
ICE AS THE SITUATION BECOME MORE CLEAR.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 24 9 31 16 38 / 0 0 0 0 0
BEAVER OK 26 2 32 10 37 / 0 0 0 0 0
BOISE CITY OK 23 3 30 11 38 / 0 0 0 0 0
BORGER TX 25 13 34 16 39 / 0 0 0 0 0
BOYS RANCH TX 27 6 35 15 39 / 0 0 0 0 0
CANYON TX 26 7 32 16 38 / 0 0 0 0 0
CLARENDON TX 24 13 33 17 38 / 0 0 0 0 0
DALHART TX 23 4 32 11 37 / 0 0 0 0 0
GUYMON OK 24 5 32 13 39 / 0 0 0 0 0
HEREFORD TX 26 6 32 13 39 / 0 0 0 0 0
LIPSCOMB TX 25 3 32 9 39 / 0 0 0 0 0
PAMPA TX 22 14 31 15 36 / 0 0 0 0 0
SHAMROCK TX 27 10 33 14 38 / 0 0 0 0 0
WELLINGTON TX 27 13 34 16 38 / 0 0 0 0 0
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...
GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...
LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...
ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
03/14TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-151900- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 600 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR FIVE DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND MOST SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. COCKRELL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind chill was reported to be between minus five degrees fahrenheit to minus ten degrees fahrenheit in Beaver.
The wind chill was reported to be between minus ten degrees fahrenheit to minus fourteen degrees fahrenheit in Boise City.
Wind chills were reported to be between minus five to minus ten degrees fahrenheit in Guymon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10178, 10179, 10190.