Severe thunderstorms moved across the east central Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening hours and produced damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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Severe thunderstorms moved across the east central Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening hours and produced damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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 14, 12:40 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 140 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 .UPDATE... ADJUSTED HIGHS UPWARD IN MANY LOCATIONS AND INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE PANHANDLES. && .DISCUSSION... CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO THIN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S...MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. INCREASED HIGHS IN THESE LOCATIONS. ALSO ADJUSTED POPS UPWARD SOUTH AND EAST OF AN ADRIAN TO LIPSCOMB LINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL IMPINGE UPON AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS...RESULTING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS INDICATE AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LINE WILL BE MOST FAVORED FOR CONVECTION BEGINNING AROUND 3 PM. WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR EXPECTED TO BE UP TO 35 KT ALONG WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES UP TO 1500 J/KG...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT. JACKSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1245 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012/ AVIATION... ECHOES SEEN AT THIS TIME ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PART OF FORECAST AREA WILL NOT POSE ANY THREAT TO TERMINALS. HOWEVER...EXPECTING CUMULUS FIELD TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH BASES LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. MODELS HAVE BEEN UNDERFORECASTING THE AMOUNT OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WHICH IS NOW IN PLACE. HENCE...INSTABILITY PRESENT IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATER THAN GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WILL NOT FORECAST THUNDER AT ANY TERMINALS AT THIS TIME DUE TO UNCERTAINTY REGARDING LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...BOUNDARY FROM WEST OF KGUY TO EAST OF KAMA MAY SERVE AS FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY AS INSOLATION TO ITS WEST CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON. WILL MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS AND WILL AMEND IF THUNDER BECOMES A REALISTIC THREAT TO TERMINALS. OTHERWISE...SURFACE WINDS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN SPEED BY LATE AFTERNOON...REMAINING BELOW 15 KT AFTER 00Z WEDNESDAY. SOME THREAT FOR LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AT NORTHERN TERMINALS...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ENOUGH COVERAGE TO CONSTITUTE A CEILING. VFR FORECAST CONTINUES NEXT 24 HOURS. COCKRELL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 638 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012/ AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS...RAIN CHANCES THIS MORNING WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH AS THE SMALL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. IN ITS WAKE...EXPECT A SMALL UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO SLIDE OVER THE REGION BRINGING MOSTLY SUBSIDENCE AND A LULL IN THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. HAVING SAID THAT HOWEVER...THERE REMAINS A FEW REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT FOR ISOLATED TSRA TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. BUT COVERAGE SHOULD BE VERY LIMITED SO WILL NOT MENTION IN THE TAFS. PERSISTENT UPSLOPE SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...COMBINED WITH SUBSIDENCE COULD LEAD TO A NEARLY SATURATED BOUNDARY LAYER...ESPECIALLY AT KDHT AND KGUY WHICH HAD RAIN LAST NIGHT. THIS COULD MEAN FG OR LOW STRATUS DEVELOPING AFTER 06Z...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME. JOHNSON PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 318 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012/ DISCUSSION... NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW A SHORTWAVE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TODAY. CONVECTION WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z WEDNESDAY WITH SOME LINGERING CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT. SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWESTERN PANHANDLES WITH STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE SURFACE LOW SOUTHEAST TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFT NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT BY WEDNESDAY. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE EXITING SHORTWAVE WILL ALLOW FOR DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...WITH THE FRONT STALLING OUT ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FRONT TO FINALLY PUSH SOUTH OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY WITH MOIST AND COOL UPSLOPE SURFACE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SURFACE HIGH BUILDS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE PANHANDLES. FEEL THAT THE GFS TOO BULLISH ON PRECIP WHILE THE NAM TOO DRY. ALSO...GFS APPEARS TO BE TOO COOL AND TEMPS AND WILL STAY CLOSE TO ENSEMBLE MOS GUIDANCE DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. CONTINUED NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND SHORTWAVE ENERGY TRACKING DOWN FROM THE ROCKIES WILL KEEP CONVECTION CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL LEAVE POPS ALONE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND MAY NEED TO BE INTRODUCED ON SUNDAY. WILL LEAVE SUNDAY DRY FOR NOW. WARMER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLES. SURFACE FLOW TO VEER AROUND TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. SCHNEIDER FIRE WEATHER... NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCHNEIDER && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && JJ/JC/KB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 340 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-151100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 340 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUING OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE GREATER STORM CHANCES AND THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING ANY OF THESE TIME PERIODS MAY BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. KB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 228 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 TXZ009-142000- ROBERTS TX- 228 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR ROBERTS COUNTY. AT 226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LORA TO 3 MILES NORTH OF CODMAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI TO 6 MILES WEST OF MIAMI...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 246 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 TXZ018-142030- ARMSTRONG TX- 246 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG COUNTY. AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 304 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 TXZ009-010-014-015-142045- GRAY TX-HEMPHILL TX-ROBERTS TX-WHEELER TX- 304 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR WHEELER...ROBERTS... HEMPHILL AND GRAY COUNTIES. AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF LORA TO 8 MILES WEST OF NEW MOBEETIE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANADIAN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MIAMI...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 336 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 TXZ009-010-014-015-142115- GRAY TX-HEMPHILL TX-ROBERTS TX-WHEELER TX- 336 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR WHEELER...ROBERTS... HEMPHILL AND GRAY COUNTIES. AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CANADIAN TO KINGSMILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CANADIAN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAMPA... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORM. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 342 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 TXZ018-142130- ARMSTRONG TX- 342 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG COUNTY. AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES EAST OF WAYSIDE TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYSIDE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAUDE TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The thunderstorm wind gusts shifted small outbuildings off of their foundations, overturned one camping trailer and caused another camping trailer to be moved, and also caused fencing to be moved across a roadway. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The thunderstorm wind gusts blew down power lines and large tree limbs. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The thunderstorm wind gusts snapped five to six power poles along Interstate 40 and there was an interstate exit sign that was blown down. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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