Strong gradient winds during the afternoon hours affected the western and central Oklahoma Panhandle. No damage or injuries were reported.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds during the afternoon hours affected the western and central Oklahoma Panhandle. No damage or 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 Jun 6, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1250 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007
.AVIATION...
WIND WILL BE THE BIG AVIATION ISSUE FOR MUCH OF THIS TAF PERIOD AT
ALL SITES. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN IN RESPONSE TO A
DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF WHICH WILL BE MOVG ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EXPECT STRONGEST WINDS TO BE THIS
AFTERNOON TO AROUND SUNSET BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. DRYLINE
SHOULD BE EAST OF ALL TAF SITES SO NO THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED...
PLUS A STRONG CAP WILL BE IN PLACE.
ANDRADE
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1025 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007/
UPDATE...
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE INCREASING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING.
SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN TODAY AS IT EJECTS INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. TIGHTENING GRADIENT AND DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSFER
OF MID-LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE SURFACE WINDS TO 30-40 MPH ACROSS THE
BULK OF THE PANHANDLES...WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH POSSIBLE.
WILL KEEP ORIENTATION OF HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORIES AS IS
FOR NOW BUT WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON A POSSIBLE UPGRADE THIS
AFTERNOON. WIND SHOULD SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS AFTER
SUNSET.
OTHER CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE DRY
LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 12Z AMA SOUNDING INDICATES H7 TEMPS OF 14C
AND RELATIVELY SHALLOW MOIST LAYER. WHILE DRY LINE SHOULD HANG UP IN
THE EASTERN ZONES...CAP MAY BE IMPENETRABLE AND WE MAY BARELY EVEN
SEE CU FIELD DEVELOP. THAT SAID...IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ABLE TO
DEVELOP....THEY MAY QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. DUE TO THE STRONGER
CAP...I LOWERED POPS TO 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN
PANHANDLES...WITH NIL POPS EVERYWHERE ELSE. MAX TEMPS LOOKED FINE
TODAY BUT TWEAKS WERE MADE TO THE DEWPOINT AND WIND GRIDS. CLOUD
COVER WAS ALSO INCREASED TO THE MID/HIGH LEVEL CEILINGS LOCATED OVER
THE PANHANDLES THIS MORNING. UPDATE TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE
ISSUED SHORTLY.
JOHNSON
FIRE WEATHER...
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30-40 MPH TODAY...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN PLUMMETING RH VALUES
ACROSS THE WESTERN 1/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE WIND AND RH
CRITERIA WILL BE MET FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS...THE FIRE DANGER RATING
WILL NOT BE IN THE HIGH CATEGORY DUE TO THE MOIST FUELS. THIS WILL
PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING. THEREFORE...FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT WILL SUFFICE. HOWEVER...WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FIRE DANGER
RATING FOR TOMORROW AS RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 618 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007/
AVIATION...
STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN THROUGH THE CURRENT
TAF ISSUANCE. WITH STRONG HEATING AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...
WINDS SHOULD INCREASE DRASTICALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT ALL
TERMINALS BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTS TO 50KT
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHERE TERRAIN IS HIGHER. CLOUDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AN ISSUE AS MOISTURE WILL BE SHUNTED EAST.
WINDS WILL BECOME LESS GUSTY AFTER DARK...BUT SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE
15KT SUSTAINED.
KRAMAR
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007/
DISCUSSION...
WE ARE ISSUING HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ROUGHLY NWRN ONE-HALF OF FCST
AREA TDA...WITH WIND ADZY FOR REMAINING SECTIONS. STRENGTHENING SW
FLOW ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING LONG-WAVE TROF WILL INDUCE
DEEPENING OF SFC TROF OVER ERN COLO AND ERN NM TDA. HAVE FCST
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS IN AREA WHERE H7 GRADIENT EXPECTED TO BE
STRONGEST. WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVE AS GRADIENT BEGINS TO
RELAX. WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW POPS THIS AFTN AND THIS EVE FOR ERN
ZONES AHEAD OF DRYLINE.
VERY WARM TDA WITH ALL SECTIONS EXPECTED TO REACH LOWER- TO MID-90S.
WARM AGAIN ON THU AS WLY WINDS PREVAIL AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THU NGT.
THESE WLY LOW-LVL WINDS WILL ERADICATE ANY REMAINING MSTR...WITH NO
POPS THU OR THU NGT. HAVE ELIMINATED POPS FROM FRI DUE TO EXPECTED
LACK OF MSTR AND EXPECTED ANTICYCLONIC H7 FLOW. MSTR MAKES ITS WAY
BACK FRI NGT HOWEVER...AND POPS RETAINED FRI NGT THRU SUN NGT.
STAYED VERY CLOSE TO MOS TEMPS ALL PERIODS EXCEPT FOR SUN AND MON...
WHEN HAVE LOWERED MAXIMA SLGTLY ACROSS NRN AND CENTRAL ZONES.
COCKRELL
FIRE WEATHER...
STRONG WINDS TDA WILL CAUSE DIFFICULTY IN CONTAINING ANY WILDFIRES.
DUE TO EXISTING FUEL MSTR FROM RECENT RAINS...WILL NOT ISSUE RED
FLAG WRNG. AFTN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO BELOW 15 PCT TDA ACROSS WRN
1/3 OF PNHDLS...AND ACROSS WRN 2/3 ON THU. WLY WINDS WILL NOT BE AS
STRONG ON THU. REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW MUCH DRYING OF FUEL MSTR WILL
HAVE TRANSPIRED BY THU. WILL ISSUE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT THIS MRNG.
COCKRELL
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...DALLAM...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...
MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...SHERMAN.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES...ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DEAF SMITH...
DONLEY...GRAY...HEMPHILL...LIPSCOMB...POTTER...RANDALL...
ROBERTS...WHEELER.
OK...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES...BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-071100- 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 WED JUN 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. IF STORMS FORM...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS RAPIDLY IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE AREA. AS A RESULT...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...AND FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 30 PERCENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE LIMITED ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ANDRADE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet three miles south southeast of Boise City.
Measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet three miles south southeast of Boise City.
Measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet three miles south southeast of Boise City.
Measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet three miles south southeast of Boise City.
Measured at the Guymon ASOS two miles west of Guymon.
Measured at the Guymon ASOS two miles west of Guymon.
Measured at the Goodwell Oklahoma Mesonet two miles east of Goodwell.
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