A weak upper level shortwave and jet streak moving southward out of southeastern Colorado provided the large scale forcing for light snow showers to develop across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the overnight hours of the 27th and the early morning hours of the 28th. These snow showers developed over southwestern Kansas and moved into the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle around 10:30 PM CST on…
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A weak upper level shortwave and jet streak moving southward out of southeastern Colorado provided the large scale forcing for light snow showers to develop across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the overnight hours of the 27th and the early morning hours of the 28th. These snow showers developed over southwestern Kansas and moved into the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle around 10:30 PM CST on the 27th. These showers slowly moved southward before exiting the Oklahoma Panhandle around 3:30 AM CST. The sheriff’s Office in Beaver (Beaver County) reported 2 inches of storm total snow, and the NWS COOP observer in Gate (Beaver County) reported 1.5 inches of snow. No reports of slick roads or vehicle accidents were relayed in association to this snow.
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NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 27, 5:46 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 300 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-281200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 300 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS BEING NORTH OF A GUYMON TO LIPSCOMB LINE. IN ADDITION WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO ZERO TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND ZERO TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WHILE ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. CLK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Two inches of storm total snow at the sheriff's office in Beaver ad 1.5 inches from the COOP observer in Gate.
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