Severe thunderstorms moved across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle producing damaging winds during the early evening hours. No injuries were reported.
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Severe thunderstorms moved across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle producing damaging winds during the early evening hours. 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 Aug 9, 5:39 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 639 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 .AVIATION... IT IS A RATHER DIFFICULT AVIATION FORECAST THIS EVENING GIVEN THE COLD FRONT IN THE VICINITY AND CONVECTION FORMING ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. IT IS HARD TO DISCERN EXACTLY WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS AT THIS TIME GIVEN THE NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA...BUT THE BEST GUESS IS THAT THE COLD FRONT LIES ACROSS THE OK PANHANDLE INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TX PANHANDLE. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AHEAD OF THIS FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH KDUX AND MAY MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH AS AMARILLO...BUT THIS IS NOT CERTAIN AT THIS POINT. CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE MAINLY OF THE DIURNAL VARIETY SO ONCE THE SUN SETS WE SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE/INTENSITY. IN THE MEANTIME...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF ALL THREE TERMINALS FROM TIME TO TIME. THESE WERE MAINLY COVERED WITH VCTS REMARKS BUT UPDATES WILL BE MADE AS NEEDED TO FINE TUNE THE CONVECTION TIMING. OTHERWISE...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTH OVERNIGHT...PASSING THROUGH KAMA BY SUNRISE. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...RESULTING IN LOW END MVFR CIGS AT KDHT/KGUY LATE TONIGHT. IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT WE MAY SEE SOME IFR CONDITIONS BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THAT OCCURRING. I DID INCLUDE A SCATTERED DECK AROUND 2500 FEET AT KAMA SUNDAY MORNING BUT CIGS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MOST OF SUNDAY SHOULD BE DRY WITH CONVECTION POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CB REMARKS WERE ADDED LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. JOHNSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 547 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008/ UPDATE... HAVE ISSUED UPDATE TO GRAPHICAL FCSTS...BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...CALLING FOR AREAL QUALIFIERS THIS EVE. HAVE INCREASING POPS ACROSS NRN ZONES. HAVE INCREASED QPF THIS EVE ALSO. UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. COCKRELL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT ALREADY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN CWA RIGHT NOW...WITH LINE OF CUMULUS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. EXPECT THIS TO BE THE MAIN FEATURE CAUSING THUNDERSTORM INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS IT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. WESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO ALLOW MOUNTAIN CONVECTION TO DRIFT INTO THE PANHANDLES. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT SO HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE CWA SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND DRIFT EAST INTO THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY EVENING. UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERSISTENCE OF THESE STORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES TO EXTENDED FORECAST. UPPER RIDGE EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE WEST...WITH NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. CLOSED LOW DROPS SOUTH ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS LATE IN THE WEEK...WHICH MAY ALLOW ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO PUSH INTO THE PANHANDLES...FURTHER INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. OVERALL WET PATTERN CONTINUES WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. DID LOWER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY NIGHT AS LIGHT WINDS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO COOL MORE THAN THE MAV INDICATED. OTHERWISE STAYED VERY CLOSE TO THE MAV TEMPERATURES AND POPS ALL PERIODS. KIMBLE FIRE WEATHER... DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AS MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE AND WINDS REMAIN LIGHT. KIMBLE && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 24/03
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SAT AUG 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- 100 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. THIS COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO HELP PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON MONDAY...AND MAINLY DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY THEIR RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 318 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 OKZ002-003-TXZ002-003-092045- BEAVER OK-HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK- 318 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN BEAVER...TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN HANSFORD AND NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES... AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN GOODWELL AND HARDESTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 341 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>003-092115- BEAVER OK-CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX-HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK- 341 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON...SOUTHERN TEXAS...NORTHERN DALLAM...NORTHERN HANSFORD AND NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES... AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF BOYD TO 10 MILES EAST OF TEXLINE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON...SOUTHERN TEXAS...NORTHERN DALLAM...NORTHERN HANSFORD AND NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEAVER...STRATFORD AND HARDESTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 417 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 OKZ002-003-TXZ001>003-092215- BEAVER OK-DALLAM TX-HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX-TEXAS OK- 417 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHERN TEXAS... DALLAM...NORTHERN HANSFORD AND SHERMAN COUNTIES... AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEAVER...TO TEXHOMA...TO TEXLINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN WESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHERN TEXAS...DALLAM...NORTHERN HANSFORD AND SHERMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEAVER... DALHART...GUYMON AND STRATFORD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 531 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 OKZ001-TXZ001-092330- CIMARRON OK-DALLAM TX- 531 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CIMARRON AND NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTIES... AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF FELT. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CIMARRON AND NORTHERN DALLAM COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 540 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 OKZ003-092345- BEAVER OK- 540 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF KNOWLES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BEAVER...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 609 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 OKZ002-100015- TEXAS OK- 609 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY... AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUGH MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GUYMON... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts...estimated between fifty-two knots and sixty-one knots...knocked over an irrigation pivot and also some large tree limbs were blown down. No injuries were reported. The time of occurrence was estimated.
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