Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across portions of the the northern and south central Texas Panhandle producing strong thunderstorm wind gusts which caused some damage during the evening hours. There were no injuries or fatalities reported.
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Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across portions of the the northern and south central Texas Panhandle producing strong thunderstorm wind gusts which caused some damage during the evening hours. There were no injuries or fatalities 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 Sep 6, 5:42 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 642 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY POSE A DIRECT THREAT TO KGUY AND KDHT FOR THE COUPLE OF HOURS. SURFACE TROF HAS BECOME CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE WITH STORMS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 KT. THUNDERSTORMS LESS LIKELY TO IMPACT KAMA. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE DURATION OF THIS FORECAST. MAIN FEATURE OF NOTE WILL BE STRONG COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE ABRUPT WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AS IT PASSES AROUND 13Z FRIDAY AT NORTHERN TERMINALS...AND AROUND 15Z FRIDAY AT KAMA. SURFACE WINDS EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 35 KT DURING THE MORNING. SURFACE WINDS EXPECTED TO TREND TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH SPEEDS DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT. COCKRELL && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 416 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012/ DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND ATTENDANT SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH TONIGHT...AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND TOMORROW/S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE GRAB THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS FORECAST. SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTH FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL OK PANHANDLE WEST OF GUYMON THEN SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST TX PANHANDLE NEAR CHANNING AND GLENRIO. MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEAST CO/SOUTHWEST KS/OK PANHANDLE AREA WITH ANOTHER TROUGH/CONVERGENT AXIS EXTENDING ACROSS THE WESTERN OK PANHANDLE INTO NORTHEAST NM. THE AREA REMAINS JUST SOUTH OF THE STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...WITH A WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY LIFTING OUT OF EASTERN CO INTO WESTERN KS. MLCAPES ARE IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA...WITH LESSER VALUES ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST WHERE DEWPOINTS HAVE MIXED INTO THE 40S BEHIND THE SURFACE TROUGH. STRONGEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 30-40 KTS IS IN THE NORTHEAST CLOSER TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE/STRONGER FLOW ALOFT...TAPERING OFF TO AROUND 20 KTS IN THE SOUTH. ISOLATED CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO INITIATE ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH AXES...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS PROPAGATING EAST OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NM. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF ORGANIZED/SEVERE CONVECTION AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE BIGGEST QUESTION AT THIS POINT BEING STORM INITIATION AND COVERAGE. BETTER STORM CHANCES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE NORTH WHERE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS A LITTLE STRONGER AND THE SHORTWAVE WILL PROVIDE A GLANCING BLOW OF SOME FORCING ALOFT. FARTHER SOUTH...WILL HAVE TO RELY MORE STRICTLY ON LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND STORMS PROPAGATING IN FROM NM. WHILE THE GREATER COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE NORTH...STORMS ANYWHERE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT MAY SEE SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE EAST IF A CONVECTIVE CLUSTER MATERIALIZES...WHICH WILL BE FED BY A DEVELOPING 40 KT LLJ LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG COLD FRONT IS STILL ON TRACK TO BLAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS THE PARENT UPPER TROUGH DIGS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. FRIDAY WILL BE THE WINDIEST DAY WE/VE SEEN IN SOME TIME. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS SOLIDLY IN THE 20-30 MPH RANGE...LIKELY NEARING 35 MPH FOR A BRIEF TIME ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THREE HOUR PRESSURE RISES OF 5-6 MB BEHIND THE FRONT AND A NORTHERLY LLJ UP TO 40 KTS SUGGEST WINDS MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR A BRIEF TIME ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHWEST...BUT DON/T EXPECT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TO PERSIST FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER IN ANY ONE LOCATION. A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CWA...BUT THE EARLY DAY FRONTAL PASSAGE AND DRY AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LIMIT PRECIP POTENTIAL. WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE SOME VERY HIGH- BASED POST-FRONTAL SHOWERS OR WEAK THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS THE BASE OF THE SHARP UPPER TROUGH GRAZES THE AREA. HOWEVER...LOW TO MID- LEVELS REALLY DRY OUT BELOW H6 SO BELIEVE IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR MUCH MORE THAN A FEW SPRINKLES TO REACH THE GROUND. TEMPS WILL VARY GREATLY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TOMORROW...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO AROUND 90 SOUTHEAST. COOL TEMPS WILL PREVAIL ON SATURDAY AS 1020+ MB SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE AREA...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. WILL ALSO SEE A COUPLE OF COOL NIGHTS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND WITH LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN GRADUALLY WARM SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGING TRANSLATES EAST ACROSS THE AREA...AND A DEEPENING LEE TROUGH BRINGS ABOUT STRENGTHENING RETURN FLOW. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN AROUND THE WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME...BUT WON/T PACK NEARLY THE PUNCH OF TOMORROW/S. MAY SEE SOME PRECIP WITH THIS...BUT NOT QUITE READY TO ADD POPS YET WITH MODEL DISPARITY ON EVOLUTION OF FRONT AND UPPER AIR PATTERN. KB FIRE WEATHER... NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO MID NEXT WEEK. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 25 PERCENT. KB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 65 82 53 77 50 / 30 20 10 5 0 BEAVER OK 65 78 53 79 49 / 40 20 10 0 0 BOISE CITY OK 61 76 50 78 50 / 40 10 10 5 0 BORGER TX 68 83 57 81 55 / 30 10 10 5 0 BOYS RANCH TX 64 80 56 80 52 / 30 10 10 5 0 CANYON TX 64 84 56 78 48 / 30 20 10 5 0 CLARENDON TX 69 88 58 79 51 / 20 20 10 5 0 DALHART TX 59 80 48 77 48 / 30 10 10 5 0 GUYMON OK 65 79 50 79 50 / 40 10 10 5 0 HEREFORD TX 64 83 56 77 49 / 30 20 10 5 0 LIPSCOMB TX 67 82 54 80 47 / 40 20 10 0 0 PAMPA TX 67 82 55 78 50 / 30 20 10 5 0 SHAMROCK TX 68 87 58 79 49 / 20 20 10 5 0 WELLINGTON TX 68 92 61 81 50 / 20 20 10 5 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 03/15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 353 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-071100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 353 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. WHILE SOME THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES...THE GREATER THREAT WILL BE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NORTH WINDS WILL REACH SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. KB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
424 PM CDT THU SEP 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSE BOISE CITY 36.69N 102.50W
09/06/2012 M61 MPH CIMARRON OK MESONET
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200670
SIMPSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
520 PM CDT THU SEP 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0459 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W GRIGGS 36.60N 102.14W
09/06/2012 E58 MPH CIMARRON OK PUBLIC
WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 55 TO 60 MPH.
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200671
LGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
544 PM CDT THU SEP 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0517 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ESE GRIGGS 36.58N 102.03W
09/06/2012 TEXAS OK EMERGENCY MNGR
HOG BARN ROOF REMOVED AND THROWN INTO POWERLINES
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200672
SIMPSONSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 601 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 TXZ002-003-062330- HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX- 601 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODWELL...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF GUYMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HANSFORD COUNTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN! JC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
620 PM CDT THU SEP 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND GST GOODWELL 36.59N 101.64W
09/06/2012 M68 MPH TEXAS OK BROADCAST MEDIA
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200673
ABMThe Amarillo radar (KAMA), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm chaser reported significant damage to a center pivot system due to the strong thunderstorm wind gusts on the north side of Texas State Highway 15 east of Stratford, Texas. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
A trained storm spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts to be near fifty-two knots in the town of Morse, Texas located in Hansford County. There was no damage and no injuries or fatalities reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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