A severe thunderstorm moved across the south central Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours producing damaging winds. No injuries were reported however.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm moved across the south central Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours producing damaging winds. No injuries were reported however.
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 29, 12:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 .UPDATE... UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING AND TO INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. ISOLATED STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008/ AVIATION... MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN GOOD CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE TO NO MOVEMENT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT THOUGH STRONG GUSTY WINDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WHEN STORMS ARE COLLAPSING. AFTER THE EFFECTS OF DAYTIME HEATING SUBSIDE...STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. NUNEZ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 615 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008/ AVIATION... A SLOW MOVING FRONT AND AN APPROACHING TROUGH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WIND SHIFTS AND CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST THROUGH 06Z...HOWEVER THE BEST CHANCES OF STORMS WILL COME WITH MAXIMUM DIURNAL HEATING. CONSIDERING THAT KAMA HAS THUS FAR STAYED ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE FRONT...HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP BEGINNING AT 20Z. FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE FRONT...STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY BE SLIGHTLY LATER. TAFS HAVE MVFR CONDITIONS FOR CONVECTION...THOUGH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THESE STORMS. WITH THE APPROACHING TROUGH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHEASTERLY AFTER 18Z. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT LOCATED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING FROM NEAR A KHRX TO KHHF LINE...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. LOW CLOUDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WESTERN OK AND NORTHWEST TX PANHANDLES AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING EAST AND SOUTH THIS MORNING. UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES EASTWARD INTO THE PANHANDLES WITH A NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY UPPER FLOW. SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES FORECAST TO ROTATE EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CHANCES FOR CONVECTION ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY AND TONIGHT. WILL FORECAST SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THIS MORNING INCREASING TO CHANCE POPS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. UPPER HIGH BUILDS IN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WEAKNESS ALOFT/SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PANHANDLES THIS WEEKEND WILL KEEP CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCES FOR CONVECTION SATURDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS TO SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A WESTERN STATES UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES COMING UP FROM NORTHWESTERN OLD MEXICO AND SOUTHERN NM WILL APPROACH THE PANHANDLES LABOR DAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP HIGHER POPS IN THE WEST AND LOWEST IN THE EAST. UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS TO NEAR ZONAL BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT STAYING JUST SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WILL BACK OFF ON POPS BELOW SLIGHT CHANCE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHT CHANCE FOR CONVECTION...WILL CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY AND OVER ALL THE PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRY FORECAST THURSDAY AS SUBSIDENCE PREVAILS BEHIND DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH. THE NEXT COLD ADVERTISED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK FOR PUSHING THROUGH THE PANHANDLES LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. TEMPS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL...EXCEPT ON TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHEN TEMPS MAY CLIMB TO NEAR 90. STAYED CLOSE TO GFS MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS. SCHNEIDER FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS CONVECTION CHANCES CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND MIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO STAY AT OR ABOVE 30 PERCENT. WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH AT 20 FEET. SCHNEIDER && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 08/14
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301100- 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 FRI AUG 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW MOVING... THEREFORE HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED FLOODING OVER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE SATURDAY. THE ENTIRE REGION WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. NUNEZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 217 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 TXZ017-292000- RANDALL TX- 217 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN RANDALL COUNTY... AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CANYON MOVING NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN RANDALL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CANYON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. RN
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Canyon Fire Department reported that a large tree blew down on a mobile home near the United Supermarket in Canyon. There was significant damage to the home...however no injuries were reported.
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