Convection developed along a stalled front positioned across the central Oklahoma Panhandle. Marginal instability limited the severity of storms, but a dry sub-cloud proved sufficient to produce isolated dry downbursts as storms collapsed.
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Convection developed along a stalled front positioned across the central Oklahoma Panhandle. Marginal instability limited the severity of storms, but a dry sub-cloud proved sufficient to produce isolated dry downbursts as storms collapsed. One such dry downburst occurred at the Oklahoma mesonet site in Kenton (Cimarron County), and was measured at 65 mph. Convection ended shortly before midnight on the 10th as the front dissipated which brought an end to the potential for dry microburst.
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 Jul 9, 6:05 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 705 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...HAVE INCORPORATED A VCTS WEATHER ELEMENT AT KDHT FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THIS FCST CYCLE DUE TO STORMS MOVING INTO NWRN ZONES FROM NERN NM. HAVE OMITTED TSTMS FROM KAMA AND KGUY AT THIS TIME. WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS CLOSELY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS AT ALL TERMINAL SITES OUTSIDE OF TSTMS. ANDRADE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014/ DISCUSSION... THROUGH TONIGHT: A COUPLE OF SHOTS FOR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 1. THE FIRST WILL BE ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH/STATIONARY BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES. THE PRIMARY CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT THUS FAR HAS BEEN ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE CAPROCK ESCARPMENT. BACKGROUND UPPER FORCING FOR ASCENT IS VERY WEAK, SO THE COVERAGE OF ANY SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ISOLATED. DUE TO VERY WEAK SHEAR AND MODERATE BUOYANCY, ONLY PULSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET. 2. THE SECOND SHOT WILL BE WITH MOUNTAIN CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO. THE MEAN STEERING FLOW WILL LIKELY SEND THESE STORMS INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE, BUT NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST INTO THE LATER EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING BY 2 AM. IF ANY STORMS CAN DEVELOP/MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH 11 PM, A ROGUE SEVERE STORM CAN'T BE RULED OUT WHERE STRONGER DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS PRESENT. HOWEVER, THIS AREA MAY LARGELY MISS OUT ON MOST OF THE CONVECTION. LOWS OVERNIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT: IT STILL LOOKS MOSTLY DRY WITH AN UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER, WILL HAVE TO SEE IF A STORM OR TWO CAN MAKE IT INTO THE FAR NORTHWEST PANHANDLES BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM, BUT THINK THE CHANCES OF THIS HAPPENING ARE LESS THAN 10%. HIGHS WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 90S TO NEAR 100 F. FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT: ANOTHER WARM DAY WITH HIGHS SIMILAR TO THURSDAY IS EXPECTED. THE UPPER RIDGE MAY BE POSITIONED JUST FAR ENOUGH EAST FOR SOME ISOLATED STORMS TO DRIFT INTO THE FAR NORTHWEST PANHANDLES BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED, BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. SATURDAY-WEDNESDAY: CHANCES FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN PANHANDLES THIS WEEKEND. THE STORMS MAY MAKE IT A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MAY DIP INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. EVEN BETTER CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO ACCOMPANY A STRONGER COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO BE QUITE STRONG, AND TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE LIKELY TO BE BELOW NORMAL ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. IF THE ECMWF IS RIGHT, HIGHS MAY ACTUALLY STRUGGLE TO BREAK 70 F IN SOME AREAS NEXT WEDNESDAY! JACKSON FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 7 DAYS AS EITHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND/OR 20-FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH. FURTHERMORE, RECENT GREEN UP WILL ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY TEMPER ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 239 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 239 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PANHANDLES. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JACKSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 542 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 TXZ007-092330- MOORE TX- 542 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MOORE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES EAST OF DUMAS AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUMAS. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUNRAY... 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. LAT...LON 3605 10194 3605 10163 3573 10164 3573 10187 TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 203DEG 2KT 3583 10175 ANDRADE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 632 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 TXZ007-100015- MOORE TX- 632 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MOORE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF DUMAS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUNRAY... LAKE MEREDITH... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3562 10193 3605 10199 3605 10162 3562 10162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 269DEG 4KT 3582 10179 LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 806 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 TXZ007-100145- MOORE TX- 806 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOUR WAY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUMAS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE MEREDITH... 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. LAT...LON 3593 10196 3591 10164 3565 10163 3564 10192 TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 071DEG 3KT 3576 10186 ANDRADE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High wind gust of 65 mph at the Kenton mesonet site.
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