A cold front moved through the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 27th. The strong winds behind the front lofted dirt into the air which led to isolated dust storm conditions.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A cold front moved through the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 27th. The strong winds behind the front lofted dirt into the air which led to isolated dust storm conditions. The lowered visibility led to a 10 car pile up on Highway 54 near Tyrone (Texas County) around 12:40 PM CST. The vehicles involved were a combination of cars, trucks, and semi-tractor trailers. One driver was trapped within the vehicle and was only freed after the jaws of life was utilized. Four horses in a trailer being towed by one of the trucks involved were also trapped with one sustaining injuries. No major injuries or fatalities were relayed in relation to this accident. The strong winds subsided by 3 PM CST and brought an end to the localized dust storm conditions.
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 Apr 27, 11:36 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1236 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS, STRONG W/NW WINDS AND VSBY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO
BLDU WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 02Z. THINK KAMA WILL MOSTLY REMAIN VFR,
BUT AN OCCASIONAL ROUND OF MVFR VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 00Z
DUE TO BLDU FROM AN OPEN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE TERMINAL.
CAN'T RULE OUT -SHRA AT KDHT AND KGUY 20Z-00Z, BUT CONFIDENCE OF
OCCURRENCE IS CURRENTLY TOO LOW TO MENTION. IF A -SHRA DOES IMPACT A
TERMINAL, A BRIEF WIND GUST UP TO 45 KT WILL BE POSSIBLE.
JACKSON
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1011 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014/
UPDATE...
WE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES TODAY, BUT THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS NORTH AND EAST OF A BOISE CITY
TO PAMPA LINE AND SOUTH OF A PAMPA TO BOYS RANCH LINE. WE MAY NEED
TO ISSUE A SHORT-FUSED HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING UNTIL 850/700 MB WINDS WEAKEN
SUBSTANTIALLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WHERE WE'RE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
HIGH WINDS IS FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF A BOISE CITY TO PERRYTON LINE.
IN THESE LOCATIONS, RAP/NAM DATA SUGGEST 850/700 MB WINDS WILL BE A
SLOWER TO WEAKEN/LIFT NORTH ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE POTENT 500 MB
UPPER LOW. ADDITIONALLY, COLD AIR ADVECTION AND SUBSIDENCE IN THE
WAKE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL HELP TO MORE EFFICIENTLY TRANSFER THIS
HIGHER MOMENTUM AIR TO THE SURFACE. AS A RESULT, WE'VE DECIDED TO
ISSUE A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH, BUT THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL LIKELY BE NORTH OF A BOISE CITY TO LIPSCOMB LINE THROUGH
THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
STARTING TO SEE VISIBILITIES LOWER DUE TO BLOWING DUST, AND WE MAY
HAVE TO CONSIDER ISSUING A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY LATER. HOWEVER, WE
WANT TO SEE JUST HOW LOW VISIBILITIES DROP BEFORE PULLING THE TRIGGER
ON AN ADVISORY. ALSO, THE MAIN CORE OF THE 500 MB JET WILL REMAIN WELL
TO OUR SOUTH TODAY, LIKELY KEEPING THE MOST CONCENTRATED DUST ACROSS
THE PERMIAN BASIN.
WE ALSO ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLES THIS MORNING AND NORTH OF A BOYS RANCH TO ALLISON LINE
THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON MAY ONLY BE
SPRINKLES GIVEN A DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYER. THESE SHOWERS COULD LOCALLY
ENHANCE WIND GUSTS, BUT NO SEVERE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. ANY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT AND SPOTTY.
TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO ADJUSTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO REFLECT A MORE
PRONOUNCED THERMAL GRADIENT FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST.
JACKSON
FIRE WEATHER...
HIGHER DEW POINTS WILL ALSO ADVECT INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THE DAY. WITH THE EXPECTATION OF HIGHER
MOISTURE AND LOWER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH, THIS WILL LIKELY
LIMIT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A
DALHART TO CANADIAN LINE.
JACKSON
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 610 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014/
AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAYTIME HOURS AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AFTER A FRONT HAS MOVE
THROUGH WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 40 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY. AN AVIATION WEATHER WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR KAMA THROUGH 04Z
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIE DOWN OVERNIGHT AT ALL SITES ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES. PERIODS OF BLOWING DUST COULD IMPACT TAF SITES AT VARIOUS
TIMES DURING THE DAY. WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE DUST STARTS BLOWING
TO SEE HOW MUCH VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED. CURRENTLY HAVE ALL
SITES IN VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MOULTON
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014/
DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO
SPIN THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND WILL BE NEAR THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS STATE
LINE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AGAIN TODAY ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THIS DEPARTING UPPER LOW. IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW THAT
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE WHERE THE WIND ADVISORY IS LOCATED.
HOWEVER...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS MAKE IT A
LITTLE FARTHER TO THE EAST. WINDS WILL SLOWLY RELAX LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL ONLY ROTATE SLOWLY TO THE GREAT LAKES BY
THURSDAY. THIS MEANS THAT THE PANHANDLES WILL BE IN FOR A COOL
SPELL AS THE FLOW AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THIS UPPER LOW WILL BRING
OCCASIONAL COLD FRONTS THROUGH THE AREA WITH MODIFIED CONTINENTAL
AIR MASSES. A FEW SHOWERS MAY BE FOUND WITH ANY ONE OF THESE COLD
FRONTS THIS WEEK...BUT THEY WOULD BE FAIRLY SCATTERED AND LIGHT...
SO WILL NOT PIN POINT A CERTAIN DAY OR DAYS FOR ANY RAIN CHANCES AT
THIS TIME. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP WITH THESE FRONTAL PASSAGES AND
THEY COULD GET CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA AGAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL START TO REBOUND BY LATE IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT
WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS RISE AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES OFF INTO
SOUTHEAST CANADA.
FIRE WEATHER...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE
PANHANDLES TODAY GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES.
ELEVATED TO MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES ON MONDAY...WITH THE WORST
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE. ON TUESDAY...THE
WINDS PICK UP AGAIN...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN ABOVE 15
PERCENT.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: HANSFORD...LIPSCOMB...OCHILTREE...SHERMAN.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DEAF SMITH...
DONLEY...GRAY...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...MOORE...
OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...WHEELER.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF
SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...
MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...WHEELER.
OK...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
KS/JJHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1035 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-272100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 1035 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EXTREME NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 9 PM AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHERN SECTIONS. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE SOUTH OF A DALHART TO CANADIAN LINE. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 3 MILES AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE ON MONDAY WITH ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY RETURN TO THE PANHANDLES ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. ELEVATED TO MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCHNEIDER/JACKSON/BUFFALO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1109 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE BOISE CITY 36.69N 102.50W
04/27/2014 M64 MPH CIMARRON OK MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1400294
MOULTONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1237 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E GOODWELL 36.60N 101.60W
04/27/2014 M59 MPH TEXAS OK MESONET
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1400295
KBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Near zero visibilities on highway 54 near Tyrone. Ten vehicle pile up. Minor injuries reported to both humans and horses(estimated at 5).
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