Oklahoma, 2013Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, June 4 to 5, 2013
June 4 to 5, 2013 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 1 county or zone
A vigorous upper level low over the northern High Plains during the evening hours of the 4th helped to spark thunderstorms across the Oklahoma Panhandle. These thunderstorms formed into a line and moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle.
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A vigorous upper level low over the northern High Plains during the evening hours of the 4th helped to spark thunderstorms across the Oklahoma Panhandle. These thunderstorms formed into a line and moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle. While over Beaver County, these storms were able to tap into additional moisture being transported from the Gulf of Mexico by low level winds. This allowed the storms to produce heavy rain over the county. Minor flooding was reported across Beaver County by the county emergency manager. The line of thunderstorms continued moving to the east and entered western Oklahoma by midnight on the 5th which allowed minor flooding to diminish across the county.
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 Jun 4, 8:57 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:57 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
957 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED GRIDS AND PUBLIC PRODUCTS TO REFLECT CANCELLATION OF SVR
TSTM WATCH 277 FOR SRN TX PNHDL.
ANDRADE
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 558 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013/
AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT WHILE A COLD
FRONT WILL CONTINUE PUSHING SOUTH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
PANHANDLES THROUGH 03Z WEDNESDAY. NORTHEASTERLY AND EASTERLY WINDS 10
TO 20 KNOTS OR 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE THE RULE
THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP
EARLY TONIGHT AND WILL INCLUDE EITHER A VCTS OR TEMPO GROUP AT ALL
THREE TAF SITES THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BECOME
MVFR FOR CEILINGS AS LOWER CLOUDINESS DEVELOPS AND INCREASES ACROSS
THE PANHANDLES.
SCHNEIDER
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 552 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013/
UPDATE..
UPDATED GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR NEWLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 277.
ANDRADE
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013/
SHORT TERM...
A COLD FRONT FROM NORTH CENTRAL KS BACK INTO NORTHEASTERN NM WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING. SOUTH OF THIS
FRONT...A SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF LUBBOCK WHILE THE
DRYLINE HAS PUSHED INTO THE CENTRAL TX/OK PANHANDLES. LIGHT
NORTHEAST-EASTERLY UPSLOPE WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED BEHIND THIS FRONT
WHICH WILL AID IN THE TRANSPORT OF RICHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE THIS
EVENING. LATEST DOPPLER RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS AN ABSENCE OF ANY
CONVECTION WITHIN A 200 MI RADIUS OF KAMA ALTHOUGH LATEST VIS
SATELLITE IMAGERY DOES SHOW CU DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN NM. LIKE
YESTERDAY HIGH-RES MODELS SUGGEST STORMS INITIATING OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN WITH A COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE OK PANHANDLE AND
THE NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE. EVENING POP GRIDS REFLECT THIS THINKING
WITH HIGHER POPS IN THIS AREA. HAVE KEPT IN A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE IN THE CWA AS LATEST SPC RUC MESOANALYSIS
SHOWS AROUND 1000-2000 J/KG OF SBCAPE AND 35-40 KT 0-6 KM SHEAR. ISOLATED
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH THE IDEA THAT THE CAP WILL ERODE NEAR THE
FRONT AND DRYLINE.
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL POOL BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY
WED. FURTHERMORE A LOW-LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN TX
PANHANDLE/WESTERN OK AND CONVERGENCE ON THE NOSE OF THIS JET MAY
SUSTAIN CONVECTION OVERNIGHT AND ALLOW FOR THE ANTICIPATED CONVECTION
MOVING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OUT WEST TO CONGEAL INTO A MCS.
CONVECTION POTENTIAL STILL LOOKS GOOD LATER IN THE DAY WED AS AN
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE GREAT
LAKES REGION. ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE
AMA CWA...AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SOUTH OF THE
BASE OF THIS UPPER TROUGH. CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WILL DEPEND ON HOW
LONG LOW CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND IN THE MORNING. HOWEVER UPSLOPE
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL MAINTAIN AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE
AREA. ALTHOUGH TEMPS WILL BE MUCH COOLER SO THE INTENSITY OF DIURNAL
HEATING WILL NOT BE AS GREAT BUT FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL SUGGEST
AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF STORM DEVELOPMENT. ORGANIZED
SEVERE WX IS NOT EXPECTED BUT SOME STORMS CAN BECOME SEVERE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
LONG TERM...
HAVE DECREASED STORM CHANCES THURS DUE TO AN ABSENCE OF ANY UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY AND COOL SURFACE HIGH SETTLING OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER WITH
THE UPPER AIR WX PATTERN DISPLAYING A TYPICAL NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME...THE
POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR SOME STORMS TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES IN THE
EVENING. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT AND HAVE HELD ONTO
POPS WITH THE THINKING THAT ANY CONVECTION FORMING ON THE HIGHER
TERRAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA.
BEYOND SATURDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE FOUR CORNERS
WHICH WILL LEAD TO DRY WITH WARMING TEMPS SUNDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEK.
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUGGEST AN UPPER TROUGH MAY MOVE ALONG THE RIDGE
WHICH MAY BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN MID WEEK...BUT THIS IS STILL QUITE A
WAYS OUT IN TIME.
CLK
FIRE WEATHER...
AN INCREASE IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL KEEP MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WELL ABOVE 20 PERCENT...THEREBY PRECLUDING ELEVATED
AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHER
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT AND
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF WEEK. HOWEVER THE COVERAGE OF ANY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDE SPREAD SO ITS LIKELY SOME AREAS
MAY RECEIVE VERY LITTLE OR NOT EVEN ANY BENEFICIAL RAINFALL.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 1:50 PM CST, 9 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
250 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-051100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
250 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST ON A DAILY BASIS TUESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...AS SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON ONE OR MORE OF
THESE DAYS.
CLK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:24 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1024 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 PM HAIL GOODWELL 36.59N 101.63W
06/04/2013 M1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300582
KBLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1055 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HAIL 12 S GUYMON 36.51N 101.48W
06/04/2013 E1.25 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300583
SPENCERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:56 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1056 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1041 PM HAIL HOOKER 36.86N 101.21W
06/04/2013 M1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WINDS AS WELL
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300584
KBLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:52 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1152 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1152 PM HAIL PERRYTON 36.39N 100.80W
06/04/2013 E0.75 INCH OCHILTREE TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300585
SPENCERLocal storm report, Jun 4, 10:56 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1156 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1104 PM TSTM WND GST 7 N FLORIS 36.97N 100.72W
06/04/2013 E60 MPH BEAVER OK PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300586
FENNERSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 10:59 PM CST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1159 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
OKZ003-050530-
BEAVER OK-
1159 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 1230
AM CDT...
AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF ENGLEWOOD TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ROSSTON TO 10 MILES EAST OF
ELMWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SLAPOUT... KNOWLES... GATE...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS... AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3700 9999 3656 10000 3666 10049 3701 10029
3701 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 278DEG 38KT 3717 9985 3688 9989
3663 10032
14Heavy Rain, Beaver
- When
- June 4, 11:00 PM CST to June 5, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 1.93 mi S of Elmwood to 2.94 mi S of Elmwood
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.592, -100.523
A line of thunderstorms moved across Beaver County during the late evening hours of the 4th. This line produced heavy rain across the county. The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported that Highway 23 south of Elmwood (Beaver County) was flooded at low spots in the road. After the line of thunderstorms moved into western Oklahoma the flood water receded. No swift water rescues or stranded motorist were reported in association to this flooding.
Heavy Rain, Beaver
- When
- June 4, 11:00 PM CST to June 5, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 7 mi SE of Elmwood to 8.38 mi SE of Elmwood
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.548, -100.431
A line of thunderstorms moved across Beaver County during the late evening hours of the 4th. This line produced heavy rain across the county. The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported minor flooding southeast of Elmwood (Beaver County). After the line of thunderstorms moved into western Oklahoma the flood water receded. No swift water rescues or stranded motorist were reported in association to this flooding.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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