A vigorous upper level low pressure system moved out of Baja California and across the Southern High Plains. Cold air already in place combined with abundant low level moisture and the dynamics from the upper low combined to produce heavy snow across the Texas panhandle.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A vigorous upper level low pressure system moved out of Baja California and across the Southern High Plains. Cold air already in place combined with abundant low level moisture and the dynamics from the upper low combined to produce heavy snow across the Texas panhandle. Seven to ten inches of snow was reported from the snow storm and there were no damages or injuries 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 Jan 19, 11:50 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1150 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007
.AVIATION...
DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM S TO N TO AFFECT ALL TAF
SITES DURG NEXT 24 HRS AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES TOWARDS W TX. VFR EARLY IN THE PERIOD WILL GIVE WAY TO IFR
AND LIFR CONDITIONS. PRECIP TYPE TO BE PREDOMINATELY ALL SNOW...WITH
PERHAPS SOME MIXED PRECIP...SLEET IN PARTICULAR...EARLY IN THE
PERIOD. DID NOT INCLUDE IN TAFS AT THIS TIME AS THIS MIXED PRECIP
SHOULD BE A SHORT LIVED EVENT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW.
ANDRADE
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 541 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007/
DISCUSSION...
INHERITED FCST APPEARS TO BE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE...AND FEW CHANGES
HAVE BEEN MADE. HAVE EXPANDED AREAL COVERAGE OF WINTER STORM
WARNING TO INCLUDE BEAVER AND HANSFORD COUNTIES. NOSE OF H3 JET
STREAK IS EXPECTED TO TRACK A BIT FARTHER NW THAN EARLIER
ANTICIPATED.
OTHERWISE...FAVORABLY DIFFLUENT PATTERN AHEAD OF H5 CLOSED LOW MOVING
ACROSS NRN BAJA AT THIS TIME WILL PROMOTE UPWARD MOTIONS IN MOIST
AMS...WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW EXPECTED. FCST SOUNDINGS SHOWING A
SHALLOW WARM LAYER ALOFT THIS AFTN...WHICH LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AS PCPN EVENT BEGINS. HAVE INCREASED QPF AND
SNOW AMOUNTS...MAINLY OVER SERN AND ERN ZONES THIS AFTN AND TNGT...
AND OVER ERN ZONES SAT AFTN. ENHANCED ISENTROPIC LIFT AND UPSLOPE
FLOW WILL BE AUGMENTED BY JET DYNAMICS. LINGERING LIGHTER SNOW
EXPECTED SAT NGT...WITH SLGT CHC POPS KEPT IN ERN ZONES SUN MRNG.
CONTINUED IDEA OF COLD WX THRU TUE...WITH MAX TEMPS BELOW MOS. KEPT
SLGT CHC TO CHC POPS GOING FOR MON AND MON NGT...AS NEXT H5 TROF
MOVES ACROSS FCST AREA. UPR FLOW BECOMES LESS MERIDIONAL ON WED AND
THU...WITH MODEST WARMUP BEGINNING.
COCKRELL
AVIATION...
MID-UPR LVL CLOUDS TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY MORNING AS LIFT
INCREASES WITH APPROACHING SYSTEM. COLUMN WILL STEADILY SATURATE
FROM ABOVE...WITH CLOUD HEIGHTS DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY...FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. SHOULD SEE SCT LOW
DECK DEVELOP AT KAMA BY MIDMORNING...AND BY MIDAFTERNOON AT KDHT.
UPR LOW IS PERHAPS VERY SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF MODEL PROGS...AND SO
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASED IN A FASTER ONSET OF SNOW ACROSS THE
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THEREFORE WILL CARRY -SN AT KAMA
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS 21Z. STRONG UPR JET WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED LIFT
OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING INTENSITY OF SNOW TO INCREASE VARIABLY THROUGH
THE EVENING. WILL INCLUDE TEMPO GROUPS FOR MODERATE SNOW WITH REDUCED
VSBYS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AT KAMA.
GIVEN STRENGTH AND TRACK OF SYSTEM...PREDOMINANT SNOW IS LIKELY AT
KGUY AND KDHT AS WELL...ALTHOUGH ONSET WILL BE A BIT LATER AND
OVERALL INTENSITY COMPARATIVELY LESS.
WINDS WILL BEGIN SOUTHWESTERLY THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO
LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY AS SFC CYCLONE DEEPENS TO WEST.
KRAMAR
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DEAF SMITH...
DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...
LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...
ROBERTS...WHEELER.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: DALLAM...HARTLEY...SHERMAN.
OK...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEAVER.
SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191900- 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 FRI JAN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY VERY BRIEFLY BEGIN AS SLEET...THE STORM WILL RESULT IN PRIMARILY ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING INTENSITY TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW NEARS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ALL BUT THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...BEGINNING AT NOON TODAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLES BEGINNING AT 6PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND SNOW ADVISORY REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY. PRELIMINARY FORECASTS SUGGEST 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM EVENT BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. KRAMAR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
23 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Five to six inches of snow was reported in Perryton.
Five to six inches of snow was reported in Lipscomb.
Six to seven inches of snow was reported in Dumas.
Eight to ten inches of snow was reported in Borger.
Five to six inches of snow was reported in Miami.
Five to six inches of snow was reported in Canadian.
Nine inches of snow was reported in Vega.
Eight to nine inches of snow was reported in Amarillo.
Eight to ten inches of snow was reported in Panhandle.
Seven inches of snow was reported in Pampa.
Nine to ten inches of snow was reported in Wheeler.
Eight inches of snow was reported in Hereford.
Eight inches of snow was reported in Canyon.
Seven inches of snow was reported in Claude.
Seven inches of snow was reported in Clarendon.
Five to six inches of snow was reported in Wellington.
Eight inches of snow was measured by a National Weather Service employee at the Amarillo National Weather Service Office located ten miles east of Amarillo.
Eight to nine inches of snow was reported in Dalhart.
Eight inches of snow was reported in Stratford.
Six to seven inches of snow was reported in Spearman.
Eight to nine inches of snow was reported in Dalhart.
Six inches of snow was measured in Texline.
Ten inches of snow was measured in Borger.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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