Several days of heavy rain from thunderstorms around the end of May resulted in continued flooding across southern Ochiltree County. No damage or injuries were reported.
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Several days of heavy rain from thunderstorms around the end of May resulted in continued flooding across southern Ochiltree County. 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 May 31, 11:41 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1241 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 .AVIATION... STORM ACTIVITY IS BEGINNING DECREASE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STORM STILL FORMING THIS MORNING...BUT THINKING THE TAF SITES WILL REMAIN PRECIP FREE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED MVFR CIGS THIS MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO LIFT BY 16Z. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH...THEN A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AROUND 15Z OR SO BRINGING NORTHERLY WINDS. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW AS MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE MOVING INTO THE AREA. WENT WITH CB REMARKS FOR NOW IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. JJB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007/ DISCUSSION... 18Z RAOB FROM AMA SHOWS DEEPENING OF MOISTURE...ELEVATION OF CAPPING INVERSION...TOPPED BY STEEP LAPSE RATES. TSTMS DEVELOPING AT THIS TIME NEAR NWRN CORNER OF FCST AREA...WHERE MID-LVL INSTBY IS INCREASING NEAR LOW-LVL CONVERGENCE ZONE. HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY TNGT...STILL CALLING FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS... WITH SEVERE TSTMS POSSIBLE. DEEP...RICH MSTR ALSO RESIDING S OF TX PNHDL IS POISED TO MOVE NWD...WITH OLD FRONTAL BNDRY ALSO PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR CONVERGENCE AND ENHANCED SHEAR. ON FRI AND FRI NGT... HAVE REORIENTED POPS...WITH HIGHEST POPS IN SRN ZONES...AS NEW COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO LIE ACROSS THIS AREA DURING AFTERNOON AND EVE. HAVE KEPT LOW POPS SAT THRU SUN NGT...AS NW FLOW PERSISTS WITH UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINING OVERHEAD. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL...WITH DRIER SWLY LOW-LVL WINDS...WARMER CONDITIONS...AND LESS LIKELIHOOD OF TSTMS. COCKRELL AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 14/15
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 949 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-011100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 949 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED THE REST OF TONIGHT IN THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. IN ADDITION...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT. ANDRADE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1155 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 PM HAIL MORSE 36.06N 101.47W
05/31/2007 E1.50 INCH HANSFORD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG SIZE HAIL
&&
RNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1157 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 PM HAIL 2 S MORSE 36.03N 101.47W
05/31/2007 E1.50 INCH HUTCHINSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG SIZE HAIL
&&
RNSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1202 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 TXZ005-010530- LIPSCOMB TX- 1202 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LIPSCOMB COUNTY... AT 1202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIPSCOMB MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1211 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 AM HAIL 6 E WOLF CREEK PARK 36.21N 100.54W
05/31/2007 M1.50 INCH LIPSCOMB TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER LIVES ON THE OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB COUNTY
LINE...HE REPORTED MOSTLY PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WITH THE
LARGEST STONE MEASURED AT 1.5 INCHES. NOTED THE LARGE
HAIL LASTED ABOUT 1 MINUTE.
&&
JJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1212 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 PM HAIL 6 E WOLF CREEK PARK 36.21N 100.54W
05/31/2007 M1.50 INCH LIPSCOMB TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER LIVES ON THE OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB COUNTY
LINE...HE REPORTED MOSTLY PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WITH THE
LARGEST STONE MEASURED AT 1.5 INCHES. NOTED THE LARGE
HAIL LASTED ABOUT 1 MINUTE.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME
JJBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1243 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM HAIL 7 NW GUYMON 36.76N 101.57W
05/31/2007 M2.75 INCH TEXAS OK NWS EMPLOYEE
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL OBSERVED 7 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 136
ON HIGHWAY 64
&&
RNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Ochiltree County Sheriff's Office reported flooding across southern Ochiltree County for several days due to recent heavy rainfall. U.S. Highway 70 south of Perryton remained closed along with County Roads 11 and W due to flooding. No damage or injuries were reported.
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