Severe thunderstorms developed across the south central Texas Panhandle during the evening hours which produced some damaging winds. No injuries were reported.
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Severe thunderstorms developed across the south central Texas Panhandle during the evening hours which produced some damaging 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 Jun 18, 5:58 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 658 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE SW TX PANHANDLE FROM NM. THUS...UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THE RECENT RADAR TRENDS. INCREASED POPS AND QPF PRIMARILY ACROSS DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. UPDATED ZONES HAVE BEEN SENT. NUTTALL && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 629 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009/ AVIATION... PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN REMAINS THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH...NORTHEAST. WILL INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA AT KAMA FROM 00Z TO 03Z TO ACCOUNT FOR CONVECTION DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE TERMINALS. ELSEWHERE...WILL CARRY CB REMARKS AS CONFIDENCE OF ANYTHING IMPACTING DHT/GUY REMAINS LOW. A REPEAT SCENARIO MAY UNFOLD AGAIN TOMORROW SO WILL BLANKET CB REMARKS AT ALL THREE TERMINALS BEGINNING AT 19Z TOMORROW FOR NOW. TAB PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009/ DISCUSSION... MONSOONAL PATTERN HAS BECOME WELL ESTABLISHED OVER THE PANHANDLES. OVERALL SITUATION TODAY IS VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO STREAM PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FROM THE TRANS PECOS REGION. LIKE YESTERDAY...A COUPLE OF WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND THE RIDGE CENTER OVER LOUISIANA ARE EXPECTED TO TRIGGER ANOTHER EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE SW TX PANHANDLE ALONG A DIFFUSE DRYLINE. INSTABILITY PRESENT AND INVERTED V FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SERIES OF WAVES IMPACT THE PANHANDLES. THE MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY AS THE MODELS AGREE ON EJECTING A S/W TROUGH OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEFORE ENDING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BECOME A CONCERN ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED REPEATED ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. WENT BELOW GUIDANCE ON TEMPS WITH THE EXPECTATION OF RAIN AFFECTING A LARGE PORTION OF THE CWA. BEYOND SUNDAY...THE ECMWF AND GFS CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE THE RIDGE FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. CONFIDENCE IS STILL LOW IN THIS SOLUTION AS THE MODELS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING THIS SCENARIO FOR QUITE AWHILE NOW. THUS...THE EXTENDED HAS GENERALLY BEEN LEFT AS IS. MOUNTAIN CONVECTION COULD BECOME AN ISSUE NEXT WEEK BUT DID NOT MENTION THEM FOR NOW. HIGHS WERE KEPT A COUPLE OF DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE AS SOUTHERLY FLOW AND INCREASED MOISTURE MIGHT HOLD TEMPS DOWN JUST A BIT. NUTTALL FIRE WEATHER... FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS INCREASED MOISTURE AND HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES. NUTTALL && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 10/06
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191100- 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 THU JUN 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES AS A MINOR WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NORTHWEST SECTION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCHNEIDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 620 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ016-190000- DEAF SMITH TX- 620 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR DEAF SMITH COUNTY. AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF BOOTLEG...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. BEAL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 704 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 TXZ016-190045- DEAF SMITH TX- 704 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR DEAF SMITH COUNTY. AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SIMMS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. BEAL
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:09 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The broadcast media estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-two knots in Umbarger.
An off-duty National Weather Service employee estimated fifty-two knot thunderstorm wind gusts about six miles west southwest of Amarillo.
Law enforcement officials reported that strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew an eighteen wheeler off the road. No injuries were reported.
The broadcast media estimated fifty-five knot thunderstorm wind gusts about six miles northwest of Amarillo.
A trained spotter...located at 6th Avenue and 11th Street in Canyon...reported that power lines had been blown down due to estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-six knots.
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