Severe thunderstorms moved northeast across the southwest and south central Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing damaging thunderstorm winds. No injuries were reported.
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Severe thunderstorms moved northeast across the southwest and south central Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing damaging thunderstorm winds. 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 Feb 8, 6:12 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 612 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 .AVIATION... 0000 UTC TAFS...MAIN CONCERN CENTERS ON CONVECTION DEVELOPMENT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AND STRENGTH OF WINDS THROUGHOUT THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN NM LIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH IS DRAPED IN CENTRAL NM. THESE STORMS SHOULD ENTER THE TERMINALS AROUND 02-04Z. HAVE INSERTED TEMPO GROUPS THROUGH 06-08Z ALTHOUGH WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE TIMING OF THIS LINE AS IT MAY MOVE THROUGH QUICKER. SURFACE LOW LIFTS NORTHWARD... INTO THE PANHANDLES EARLY MONDAY WITH ANY LINGERING -SHRA DRY AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY SUPPRESS ADDITIONAL PRECIP CHANCES. SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND ITS POSSIBLE TO SEE GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS WITH ANY STORM. SURFACE LOW FURTHER DEEPENS AS IT HEADS INTO SOUTHERN NE MONDAY AFTERNOON. GRADIENT WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE TO TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE PLAINS. HELD OF ON MENTIONING AWW WINDS BUT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE WINDS APPROACH AWW CRITERIA BY THE AFTERNOON. CLK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009/ DISCUSSION... RAPID LL MOISTURE ADVECTION KEPT LOW TO MID CLOUD COVER IN PLACE DURING THE DAY. THIS MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND PACIFIC COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS CERTAINLY SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH THIS ACTIVITY...AND CURRENTLY THINKING THE THREAT WILL REVOLVE AROUND STRONG WINDS STEMMING FROM A SQUALL LINE WITH A FEW HAILERS POSSIBLE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE STEEPENING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES THIS EVENING ALONG WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION. THE SHORT LIVED BACKED LL WINDS QUICKLY BECOME WESTERLY AS THIS UPPER WAVE ADVANCES ON THE PANHANDLES. THUS THE CONCERN FOR A DEVELOPING LINEAR EVENT...WITH ENOUGH ENERGY TO SUPPORT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. AS FOR TIMING...BASED ON WV IMAGERY...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE UPPER WAVE APPEARS TO BE MOVING AT ABOUT 45 KTS. IF THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN FORWARD SPEED...THIS PLACES THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WAVE INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN PANHANDLES BETWEEN 01Z AND 02Z. STORMS WILL BE MOVING GENERALLY TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST...SO ANTICIPATE THE COVERAGE OF THE STORMS INCREASING AFTER 02Z ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA. IN FACT...APPEARS NAM12 INITIALIZED FAIRLY WELL AND THUS HAVE TRENDED POPS AND WEATHER GRIDS CLOSE TO THE NAM. ALSO...INCREASED POPS INTO THE 80 TO 90 PERCENT RANGE FOR MOST AREAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 00Z AND 12Z. APPEARS THE PRECIP WILL CUT OFF AROUND 12Z MONDAY. A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH WILL HELP THE WEST WINDS INCREASE TO NEAR WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. BASED ON THE 700MB AND SURFACE GRADIENTS...WIND SPEEDS COULD REACH 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 45 KNOT RANGE. HOWEVER...FELT THAT THE FOCUS FOR TONIGHT SHOULD BE ON THE SEVERE POTENTIAL AND WILL THUS ALLOW THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT TO EVALUATE THE WIND ADVISORY THREAT. CURRENT GRIDS PEAK AT 29 KNOTS. THE DOWNSLOPING WINDS WILL ALSO PROMOTE DRY AIR ADVECTION ALONG WITH INCREASING TEMPS. WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR FOR INCREASING FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...WHICH IS COVERED IN THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW. THE MAIN UPPER LOW WILL THEN EJECT EAST TOWARD THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A BRIEF WINDOW FOR PRECIP TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF WRAP AROUND MOISTURE. IN ADDITION...THE LOW WILL DRAG COLDER AIR INTO THE PANHANDLES WITH 1000-500MB THICKNESSES FALLING TO AROUND 540 DAM. 850MB TEMPS ALSO FALL TO NEAR 0C MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PANHANDLES. SO HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CHANCE IN THE NORTH WHERE THE BEST WRAP AROUND POTENTIAL WILL EXIST...AND MENTIONED LIGHT SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 1 INCH AT THE MOMENT. CHANGED VERY LITTLE AFTER TUESDAY AND HELD CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS. THE NEXT SHOT AT PRECIP WILL COME FRIDAY AS A SECOND UPPER SYSTEM BRUSHES THE PANHANDLES. CURRENTLY HELD OFF ON POPS BUT WILL MONITOR TRENDS AND ADJUST AS NEEDED. JJB FIRE WEATHER... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN PANHANDLES...THEN SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT. A DRY AIRMASS WILL FILL IN BEHIND THE EXITING PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WEST WINDS. WIND SPEEDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ON MONDAY. HOWEVER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT. ANOTHER COOL AIRMASS WILL RETURN TUESDAY AND BRING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 05/15
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 528 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-091200- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 528 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 10 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREAT ALONG WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ON MONDAY...A DEEPENING LOW IN WESTERN KANSAS WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. AS A RESULT...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS MAY EXCEED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH DECREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH THIS EVENING. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 704 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 TXZ011-016-090130- DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX- 704 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM COUNTIES... AT 704 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES WEST OF GLENRIO TO 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOOTLEG MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HEREFORD AND VEGA...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 757 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 TXZ006-011-090230- HARTLEY TX-OLDHAM TX- 757 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HARTLEY AND OLDHAM COUNTIES... AT 757 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ROMERO TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADRIAN MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN HARTLEY AND OLDHAM COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF VEGA... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LG
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:12 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The thunderstorm gusts blew down one to two inch diameter tree limbs.
The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Hereford Municipal Airport.
The thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at the intersection of Interstate 27 and McCormick Road.
The thunderstorm wind gust was estimated by a trained spotter and relayed through the Amarillo Emergency Operations Center.
The Amarillo Emergency Manager reported downed power lines near the downtown Post Office in Amarillo.
The Amarillo Emergency Manager reported downed power lines at the intersection of the Claude Highway and Washington Street in Amarillo.
The wind gust was measured at the Amarillo Rick Husband International Airport.
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