One to two inches of snow fell across the central Texas Panhandle during the early morning hours. The icy roads were the cause of a vehicular accident which indirectly resulted in one death.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
One to two inches of snow fell across the central Texas Panhandle during the early morning hours. The icy roads were the cause of a vehicular accident which indirectly resulted in one death.
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 Nov 23, 11:55 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1155 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007
.AVIATION...
SNOW CONTINUES IN EARNEST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ALTHOUGH CURRENT
WSR-88D RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THE SNOW DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE WEST OF
TUCUMCARI. EXPECT MVFR CIGS AND VISBYS FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT
TRENDED TOWARD IFR CIGS AND VISBYS IN THE NEAR TERM TO ACCOUNT FOR
THE LAST BAND TO MOVE ACROSS THE TERMINALS. EXPECT AREAS OF FOG TO
DEVELOP BEFORE SUNRISE AS THE 00Z RAOB DATA INDICATES AMPLE BOUNDARY
LAYER MOISTURE. FROPA SLATED TO PASS THROUGH THE PANHANDLES AROUND
EARLY SAT MORNING. ALTHOUGH DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
AREA...SKIES WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR WITH CIGS LIFTING TO VFR BY AROUND
16-18Z. WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT OVERNIGHT AND WILL BECOME
NORTHEAST ONCE THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY
REMAIN NEAR 10 KTS SAT AND DIMINISH TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY THE END
OF THE FCST.
CLK
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 751 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007/
UPDATE...
ADDED BEAVER...OCHILTREE AND LIPSCOMB COUNTIES TO THE SNOW ADVISORY.
CALLS UP TO BEAVER REVEAL THAT THERE IS 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND NOW. RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS SUGGEST THAT MORE SNOW IS
HEADED TOWARD THIS AREA...THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 649 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007/
UPDATE...
WENT AHEAD AND EXTENDED THE SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
SAME AREA. SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
SPREADING EAST ACROSS OUR AREA. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG WITH THE
ENTRANCE REGION OF THE JET STREAM MOVING OVER SHOULD ENHANCE SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. 1 TO 3 INCH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GUYMON TO
ADRIAN.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 616 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007/
AVIATION...
SNOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
GENERATED BY A S/WV TROUGH NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. EXPECT THIS
AREA OF SNOW TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. THUS INSERTED PREVAILING
LIGHT SNOW WITH MVFR CIGS AND VISBYS INITIALLY. APPEARS THE BEST
FRONTOGENICAL LIFT WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE NORTHERN TAF SITES
WHERE CIGS CAN DETERIORATE TO IFR. DID ALSO MENTION IFR CIGS AT KAMA IN
A TEMPO GROUP DUE TO A 90 KT JET STREAK THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. POINT FCST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A
MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND COUPLED WITH LIGHT WINDS...AREAS OF FREEZING
FOG ARE POSSIBLE. AFTER 12Z...EXPECT THE LIGHT SNOW TO GRADUALLY END
AS THE S/WV PASSES TO THE EAST AND THE LIFT DIMINISHES. CONFIDENCE IN
CONDITIONS IMPROVING RAPIDLY IS RATHER LOW...SO HELD ONTO MVFR CIGS
FROM 13Z ON.
CLK
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 349 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007/
DISCUSSION...
SNOW ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM. RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS A FEW HOUR
WINDOW WHERE ADDITIONAL SNOW FALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
WV IMAGERY STILL SHOWS A WEAK WAVE PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
TOWARD THE PANHANDLES...WITH ABQ RADAR SHOWING A BAND OF SNOW MOVING
EAST ALONG WITH THE SHORT WAVE. MODELS DIFFER ON WHEN TO END THE
PRECIP OVER THE PANHANDLES...BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS FOR DRIER
AIR TO PREVAIL AFTER 00Z. WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW FAR EAST THE BAND OF
SNOW OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IS ABLE TO TRAVEL BEFORE BEING CONFIDENT
IN EXTENDING THE SNOW ADVISORY. MODELS INDICATE THE ISENTROPIC LIFT
WILL DIMINISH AFTER 00Z...WHILE THE COLD FRONT WILL BE NEARING THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. FRONT MAY ACT AS A NEW SOURCE FOR LIFT...BUT
AIRMASS IS DRIER BEHIND THE FRONT. SO WILL ALLOW THE CURRENT ADVISORY
TO PLAY OUT UNTIL 00Z...AND WILL NOT EXTEND IN TIME FOR NOW. COULD
STILL SEE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS SO LEFT THE HIGH END CHANCE POPS IN
PLACE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DEPEND ON CLOUD COVER AND SFC MOISTURE. APPEARS
SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY OVERNIGHT...WHILE DEW POINTS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
PANHANDLES BY 12Z...WITH DEW POINTS FALLING INTO THE UPPER TEENS. SO
LIKEWISE KEPT THE LOWEST TEMPS ACROSS THE NW. INSERTED MENTION OF
PATCHY FOG IN THE GRIDS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SURFACE OBS HAVE
PERIODICALLY REPORTED FOG AND THINKING THE AIRMASS WILL NEAR
SATURATION AS OVERNIGHT TEMPS DECREASE. NOT CONFIDENT ON DENSE
FOG HOWEVER. THE FRONT SHOULD THEN MOVE THROUGH THE PANHANDLES BY 18Z
SATURDAY. DIFFICULT TO SAMPLE THE POST FRONTAL AIRMASS WITH THE SNOW
AND CLOUD CONTAMINATION TAKING PLACE TO THE NORTH AND WEST...BUT
THINKING CLOUD COVER WILL DECREASE SOME WHAT TOMORROW AND WIND SPEEDS
SHOULD ONLY MAX OUT AT 10 TO 15KT. SO HIGH TEMPS SHOULD BE SIMILAR IF
NOT A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER TOMORROW. THERE IS ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW TO LINGER ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN CWA INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW. MODELS STILL A BIT UNSURE ON THE SOUTHERLY
PROGRESSION OF THE MAIN UPPER LOW...BUT THE GFS AND NAM DO HINT AT
LIGHT SNOW FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER 18Z. INSERTED A THIN ROW OF SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS ALONG THE SOUTHER TEXAS PANHANDLE. AFTER THAT...THE
MODELS DIVERGE SLIGHTLY ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW. WITH THE 12Z
RUNS...THE NAM IS THE OUTLIER SHOWING THE FURTHEST NORTH AND WESTERN
TRACK. IN ADDITION...THE NAM PAINTS SOME WRAP AROUND PRECIP INTO THE
EASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH SUNDAY. WHILE THE GFS/EURO/AND UKMET PULL
THE LOW MORE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. SO...DECIDED TO INSERT NON
MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS THE EAST BUT DID NOT BITE OFF ON THE NAM.
A WARMING TREND COULD THEN BE IN THE WORKS FOR MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...IF MID 50S ARE CONSIDERED WARM. NONETHELESS...WITH THE
UPPER LOW PUSHING NORTHEAST...AND THE COLD FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE
PANHANDLES...SOUTHERLY SFC FLOW WILL ADVECT SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS
INTO THE AREA FOR MONDAY. ESPECIALLY IF SKIES CLEAR OUT. UPPER FLOW
BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY ON TUESDAY AND A LEE TROUGH DEVELOPED
PROVIDING SOUTHWEST SFC FLOW. MEX WAS SUGGESTING HIGHS NEAR
60. FELT THAT MIGHT BE A TAD OPTIMISTIC SO WENT WITH MID 50S AREA
WIDE. A STRONGER FRONT IS THEN PROGGED TO REACH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY AS A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH DIGS SOUTH ALONG THE ROCKIES.
MODELS SHOWING THE FRONT TO BE DRY...SO BIGGEST ISSUE WILL BE THE
STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR. APPEAR THE TROUGH WILL DRIVE SOUTH OUT OF
THE GULF OF ALASKA. SO AT THIS POINT...DECIDED TO TREND WITH THE MEX
AS IT HAD REASONABLE HIGH TEMPS FOR THE THURSDAY FRIDAY TIME FRAME.
LAST MAJOR CHANGE WAS TO REMOVE THE POPS FROM THURSDAY. MODELS ARE
COMING IN DRY WITH THE LATEST RUNS...AND SEEM TO BE PUSHING THE
CHANCES FOR PRECIP BACK WITH EACH RUN. SO INSERTED SOME 10 POPS FOR
THE DAY 7 AND 8 TIME FRAME...AND WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT RUN
HAS IN STORE.
JJB
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AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...HANSFORD...
HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...
OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...SHERMAN.
OK...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
05/15TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 740 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-241200- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 740 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER...OCHILTREE...AND LIPSCOMB COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM CST. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF A BEAVER TO FOLLETT TO PERRYTON TO CLAUDE LINE. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 1 INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST AS LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE FAVORED AREA FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. FOG MAY ALSO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND BEFORE SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. THE FOG COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CALL 8 0 6 3 3 5 1 1 2 1 OR SUBMIT A STORM REPORT ON OUR WEB PAGE. CLK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A female motorist was killed when she lost control of her vehicle two miles west of Conway on Interstate 40 and was struck by a tractor-trailer.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Carson | 2007-11-24 | 35 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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