Several reports of high wind gusts were reported from the afternoon hours of the 28th into the early morning hours of the 29th. One such high wind gust was reported by the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south east of Boise City (Cimarron County).
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Several reports of high wind gusts were reported from the afternoon hours of the 28th into the early morning hours of the 29th. One such high wind gust was reported by the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south east of Boise City (Cimarron County). This high wind was due to the close proximity to a surface low in southeastern Colorado and being behind a dryline stretched across the far eastern Oklahoma Panhandle. The well mixed atmosphere and tighter surface pressure gradient allowed an stronger winds aloft to reach the surface resulting in an isolated high wind gusts of 59 mph.|During the late afternoon hours, the dryline began to retreat to the west. At the same time decaying showers were overrunning the dryline before quickly dissipating. As these showers dissipated they caused isolated high wind gusts near the town of Beaver (Beaver County). One such gust was observed by the Oklahoma Mesonet site 1 mile south-southwest of Beaver (Beaver County) at 67 mph. An estimated 62 mph high wind gusts blew a tree down on a county road 6 miles southwest of Beaver (Beaver County). Another estimated 62 mph high wind gusts was responsible for breaking tree limbs off in the city of Beaver with some of the branches up to 4 inches in diameter. |Two final high wind gusts were reported by the Oklahoma Mesonet during the early morning hours on the 29th. One of the gusts was measure to be 58 mph with the final high wind gusts measured to be 61 mph. These gusts were associated with decaying showers that sent off an outflow which brought stronger winds aloft to the surface. No further high wind gusts were observed after 3:35 AM CST on the 29th.
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 May 28, 5:02 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 602 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 .AVIATION... A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND A DRYLINE EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT IN THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTION MAINLY AFFECTING THE AMARILLO TAF SITE THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF THE CONVECTION. SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS EXCEPT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS OR GREATER NEAR THE CONVECTION. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 236 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013/ DISCUSSION... WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTING FEATURES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. A DRYLINE WAS RETREATING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A STATIONARY FRONT WAS FOUND EAST/WEST ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. A JET STREAK IN THE UPPER LEVELS WAS APPROACHING THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ALL OF THESE FEATURES WILL PROBABLY HELP THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH THE GREATEST THREAT ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES. NOCTURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. HAVE ADDED SOME POPS FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES BY THUNDERSTORM INITIATION TIME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE DRYLINE ENDS UP FURTHER EAST THAN WHAT THE CURRENT MODELS SHOW GIVEN THE STRENGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AS THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES ACROSS THE REGION. AGAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FROM THURSDAY ONWARD AS A DRIER AIR MASS FILTERS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. FIRE WEATHER... ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY WILL BE CONDITIONAL ON HOW MUCH AND HOW WIDESPREAD THE RAIN IS TONIGHT... SO WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR NOW. IF WE DO NOT SEE MUCH RAIN...THEN AREAS WEST OF A GUYMON TO AMARILLO LINE COULD SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE WEST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES ON THURSDAY...BUT THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER. THE WINDS MAY BE A BIT STRONGER ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 308 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-290815- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 308 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. GOEHRING
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
624 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 NW AMARILLO 35.23N 101.86W
05/28/2013 M61 MPH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1300474
KJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
625 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0624 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NNW AMARILLO 35.26N 101.87W
05/28/2013 M61 MPH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1300475
KJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
626 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 W AMARILLO 35.20N 101.85W
05/28/2013 M64 MPH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1300476
KJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM TSTM WND GST 2 WSW AMARILLO 35.19N 101.85W
05/28/2013 M58 MPH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1300477
KJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
629 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NW AMARILLO 35.23N 101.86W
05/28/2013 M61 MPH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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CORRECTED EVENT TIME...EVENT
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300474
KJSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0609 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNW AMARILLO 35.26N 101.87W
05/28/2013 M61 MPH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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CORRECTED EVENT TIME...EVENT
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300475
KJSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Oklahoma mesonet site 3 miles south southeast of Boise City reported a high wind gust of 59 mph. The close proximity to a surface low in southeast Colorado allowed strong winds aloft to mix to the surface and resulted in the high wind gust.
The Oklahoma Mesonet site 1 mile ssw of Beaver (Beaver County) reported a high wind gust of 67 mph. Dissipating showers in the area were helping to drag strong winds aloft to the surface and the low level jet was developing during the evening hours of the 28th.
Dissipating showers in the area were helping to drag strong winds aloft to the surface and the low level jet was developing during the evening hours of the 28th. The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported non-thunderstorm wind damage 6 miles sw of Beaver. A tree was blown down onto a county road blocking both lanes of traffic. The gust was estimated to be near 62 mph.
Dissipating showers in the area were helping to drag strong winds aloft to the surface and the low level jet was developing during the evening hours of the 28th. The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported non-thunderstorm wind damage in the town of Beaver (Beaver County). Several tree branches up to 4 inches in diameter were broken off trees around town. The gust was estimated to be near 62 mph.
The remnants of a supercell that moved across the Texas Panhandle continued to dissipate as it moved into Beaver County. As the dissipating showers moved over the city of Beaver (Beaver County), the Oklahoma Mesonet reported a non-thunderstorm gust of 58 mph.
The remnants of a supercell that moved across the Texas Panhandle continued to dissipate as it moved into Beaver County. As the dissipating showers moved over the city of Beaver (Beaver County), the Oklahoma Mesonet reported a non-thunderstorm gust of 61 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 459199, 459200, 459201, 459202, 459203, 459204.