A thunderstorm during the early morning hours produced lightning which knocked out power. No other damage and no injuries were reported.
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A thunderstorm during the early morning hours produced lightning which knocked out power. No other damage and no 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 Apr 10, 2:34 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
334 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
.DISCUSSION...
BIGGEST CONCERNS TODAY WILL BE WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN TX PANHANDLE
AND CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA. CLOSED UPPER LOW FORECAST TO PASS JUST NORTH OF
PANHANDLES THIS MORNING WITH WRAP AROUND CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS
ACROSS THE OK AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE. ONLY TWEAKED
POP GRIDS SLIGHTLY...OTHERWISE LEFT ALONE. DRY SLOT OVER THE SOUTHERN
TX PANHANDLE WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 TODAY. WIND SPEEDS REACHING HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA
WILL BE MARGINAL...AND FEEL WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA MUCH MORE LIKELY.
THEREFORE...ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FROM 15Z TODAY OR 10 AM CDT UNTIL
00Z FRIDAY OR 7 PM CDT FOR THE SOUTHERN TX PANHANDLE. UPPER LOW
SHOULD LIFT NORTHEAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH SOME STRONG
SHORTWAVE ENERGY LIFTING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY. COLD FRONT TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES BY THIS
EVENING WITH SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OK AND FAR NORTHWEST TX
PANHANDLES TONIGHT. FORECAST 850 MB TEMPS AND THICKNESS VALUES NOT
SUPPORTIVE OF ANY FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIP.
COOL SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN ACROSS THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY AS UPPER
LEVEL PATTERN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS AN UPPER TROUGH CARVES OUT OVER THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES. NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
SATURDAY TRANSITIONS TO ZONAL EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN SOUTHWESTERLY
BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AND DRY
CONDITIONS IN STORE FOR THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. MAX TEMPS MAY REACH INTO THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80
EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
DESPITE THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TX PANHANDLE...MIN RH VALUES WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 20 PERCENT TODAY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR TODAY
AND FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH INCREASING FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THIS WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS PREVAIL. AT THE
VERY LEAST...A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT MAY BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 60 37 56 32 56 / 10 10 20 10 0
BEAVER OK 49 30 56 31 60 / 50 20 5 10 0
BOISE CITY OK 49 33 52 32 55 / 50 30 20 10 0
BORGER TX 59 40 59 38 61 / 20 10 10 5 0
BOYS RANCH TX 62 37 58 34 60 / 20 10 20 10 0
CANYON TX 63 35 58 30 58 / 10 10 20 10 0
CLARENDON TX 63 39 59 37 60 / 10 5 10 10 0
DALHART TX 55 33 54 30 57 / 30 20 20 10 0
GUYMON OK 50 34 55 34 61 / 50 20 10 10 0
HEREFORD TX 63 34 57 28 59 / 5 10 20 10 0
LIPSCOMB TX 59 34 61 34 58 / 30 10 5 10 0
PAMPA TX 58 38 57 38 58 / 20 10 10 5 0
SHAMROCK TX 66 39 62 38 60 / 10 5 5 5 0
WELLINGTON TX 68 39 63 38 62 / 10 5 5 10 0
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
COLLINGSWORTH...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...WHEELER.
OK...NONE.
&&
11/17TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1115 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 1115 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH THE NIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY ACROSS LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS COULD BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:06 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms which moved across Goodwell Oklahoma during the early morning hours knocked out power to around six hundred and eighty Tri-County Electric customers. No injuries were reported.
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