occurred in the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts...apparently associated with a heat burst...occurred in the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours. 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 25, 5:52 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 652 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...LATEST RADAR LOOPS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG TSRA BLOOSMING ACROSS MAINLY THE NRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. A WELL DEFINED DRYLINE EXTENDS ACROSS THE WRN PART OF THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES. SEE LITTLE REASON FOR TSRA TO DIMINISH IN THE SHORT TERM WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF STORMS. HOWEVER HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IF ANY STORMS WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT ANY OF THE THREE TERMINALS SO INCLUDED VCTS WORDING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. WITH PRETTY LARGE TEMP DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS...CIGS AND VISBYS SHOULD REMAIN VFR. CURRENT AVIATION WEATHER WARNING STILL ON TRACK EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO CONVECTION IN AREA. OTHERWISE SRLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MON WITH SPEEDS INCREASING ONCE AGAIN MON MORNING. CLK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 444 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008/ DISCUSSION... BUSY AFTERNOON WITH SVR WX GETTING OFF TO AN EARLY START. DRYLINE HAS NOT MOVED VERY FAR TODAY...AND HAVE DRAGGED HIGHER POPS A BIT FURTHER WWD INTO WRN SECTIONS OF THE AREA AND ALSO WORDED AS AREAL QUALIFIERS FOR THIS EVENING ALONG WITH MENTION OF SVR. FOR MEMORIAL DAY...APPEARS MORE OF THE SAME EXPECTED. THE DRYLINE SHOULD MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER EWD COMPARED TO TODAY...TO PERHAPS THE CNTRL ZONES. HAVE RETAINED SLGT CHC POPS W AND CNTRL...AND CHC POPS ERN ZONES FOR MON AND MONDAY NIGHT. SFC COLD FRONT TO MOVE THRU FCST AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN SETTLE S OF THE PNHDLS LATER TUESDAY. KEPT SLGT CHC POPS FOR TUE AND TUE NIGHT MAINLY DUE TO POST FRONTAL TYPE PRECIP. MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY. WED THRU NEXT SUNDAY DRY FOR THE MOST PART AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA...THEN FLATTENS SOMEWHAT LATE IN THE PERIOD. TEMPS TO WARM UP TO ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS ONCE AGAIN BY LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. ANDRADE FIRE WEATHER... RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS WRN OK AND NW TX PNHDLS REST OF AFTN AND THIS EVENING AS THE DRYLINE HAS REMAINED FURTHER W THAN PREVIOUS FCST HAD GOING. ALSO...TSTM COMPLEX INCLUDING SVR WX AND TORNADOES HAS OCCURRED IN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON. ELEVATED TO POSSIBLY CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS WRN PNHDLS AS DRYLINE IS FCST TO MOVE INTO CNTRL PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER... DUE TO CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AND BASED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED TODAY... WILL NOT ISSUE A FIRE WX WATCH AT THIS TIME. ANDRADE && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 99/99
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 923 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-261100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 923 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO MOVES INTO THE REGION...A DRYLINE BECOMES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES...AND SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCES PASS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANY OF THESE DAYS...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES ON MEMORIAL DAY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS EVENING...AND ALSO AT TIMES MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. ANDRADE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
952 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0949 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N AMARILLO 35.29N 101.82W
05/25/2008 POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
FIELD HOUSE AT RIVER ROAD HIGH SCHOOL HAD PART OF THE
ROOF BLOWN OFF
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00335
CKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
953 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N AMARILLO 35.29N 101.82W
05/25/2008 POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
FIELD HOUSE AT RIVER ROAD HIGH SCHOOL HAD PART OF THE
ROOF BLOWN OFF.
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME...REMARKS
EVENT NUMBER 00335
CKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
955 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM TORNADO 4 NNW CHANNING 35.74N 102.36W
05/25/2008 HARTLEY TX NWS EMPLOYEE
MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS MEDIA AND NWS EMPLOYEE
OF TORNADO TOUCHING THE GROUND...TORNADO LASTED TILL 335
PM ENDING 4 TO 5 MILES NORTH OF CHANNING
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00336
KRAMARPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
956 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 E HARDESTY 36.61N 101.01W
05/25/2008 TEXAS OK EMERGENCY MNGR
DOWNED POWER LINES ALONG HIGHWAY 412 IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COUNTY
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00337
BROSTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1018 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 TXZ015-260400- WHEELER TX- 1018 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WHEELER COUNTY... AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRISCOE TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF LELA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WHEELER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF SHAMROCK...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JORDAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1034 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG AMARILLO 35.20N 101.82W
05/25/2008 POTTER TX EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELAYED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY. TREE
LIMBS DOWN WERE BLOCKING SOME ROADWAYS. POWER LINES
DOWN. ROOFS BLOWN OFF LOCAL BUSINESSES.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00338
CKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An apparent heat burst produced strong wind gusts which were measured on the trained spotter's home weather instrument.
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