High Wind in Oklahoma, February 27, 2009

Name: High Wind in Oklahoma, February 27, 2009
Start: 2009-02-27T17:50
End: 2009-02-27T17:50
Location: Oklahoma

February 27, 2009 · NWS AMA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strong winds were the result of a tight pressure gradient over the western Oklahoma Panhandle during the early evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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What happened

The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.

Strong winds were the result of a tight pressure gradient over the western Oklahoma Panhandle during the early evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.

At 1750 CST...a fifty-two knot high wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station located five miles southeast of Kenton.

What forecasters said that day

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 Feb 27, 5:33 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 5:33 PM CST, 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
533 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE
NEXT 5 HOURS BRINGING AN ABRUPT SHIFT TO BREEZY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS.
A MID LEVEL DECK OF STRATUS OVER NORTHERN KANSAS SHOULD ADVECT
SOUTH...TRAILING THE COLD FRONT BY ABOUT 6 HOURS...THOUGH VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND 12Z.

SJOHNSON
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009/

DISCUSSION...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON REVOLVE AROUND THE NEXT 12
HOURS OR SO. STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH DIGGING SURFACE LOW
IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL CO/KS. THIS
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING AS THE
LOW FURTHER DIGS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. STRONG COLD ADVECTION
BEHIND FRONT AND 850 HPA WINDS 45-50 KTS WILL LEAD TO A PERIOD OF
STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING. THREE HOUR SURFACE PRESSURE RISES OF 10-12
MB DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHEAST CO INTO THE PANHANDLES RESULTING IN
TIGHTENING OF LOW LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INDUCING STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP. MODELS SEEM TO BE UNDER DOING HOW
STRONG WIND SPEEDS WILL GET THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY
WILL BE SHORT LIVED BUT THINK POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 35 MPH. THUS WENT AND ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE
CWA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
WITH THE FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA.

CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY
REINFORCING THE COOL AIRMASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. MOS
GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S/LOWER 50S
EXPECTED.

MID/UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE WESTERN CONUS SUNDAY AS UPPER
TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS DIGS INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WHILE UPPER TROUGH STRENGTHENS IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC. DOWNSLOPING MID LEVEL FLOW CAN RESULT IN LEE-SIDE TROUGH TO
STRENGTHEN DURING THE WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPS REBOUNDING BACK INTO THE
70S BY MONDAY AS RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD. STILL NO PRECIP EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. CLK

FIRE WEATHER...
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH THE PANHANDLES
THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND THE
FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. COOLER AIR BEHIND THIS
FRONT WILL MITIGATE ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS SATURDAY. TEMPS WARM
BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK LEADING TO
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR BELOW. HOWEVER
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
AS 20 FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH. CLK

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
     DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
     HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
     POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.

OK...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.

&&

16/15

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 27, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
340 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-281200-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
340 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FRONT. AS A RESULT...A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY
FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES DUE TO STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

ANDRADE

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Cimarron

When: February 27, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Cimarron forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, February 2009

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 150577.