A weak upper level wave moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 8th. A band of snow developed from this wave over southwestern Kansas that slowly moved into Beaver County.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A weak upper level wave moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the early morning hours of the 8th. A band of snow developed from this wave over southwestern Kansas that slowly moved into Beaver County. This band of snow produced one inch of snow in the town of Beaver (Beaver County). The ground was sufficiently warm to keep this snow accumulation confined to grassy areas, and did not cause any significant issues to local traffic.
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 Mar 7, 11:07 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1107 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014
.UPDATE...
DID A MINOR UPDATE TO INCREASE WIND SPEEDS REST OF TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING BASED ON LATEST GUIDANCE AND CURRENT OBS IN OUR AREA
AND UPSTREAM. REST OF FCST PCKG REMAINS PLAUSIBLE AT THIS TIME.
ANDRADE
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 727 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014/
UPDATE...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED MARKEDLY. THEREFORE...HAVE
ALLOWED THE RFD TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 7 PM. THE APPROPRIATE
PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND SENT.
ANDRADE
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 558 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014/
AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING
DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TX AND OK PNHDLS LATER
THIS EVENING THROUGH ABOUT MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY...WITH THE
MAIN IMPACTS EXPECTED AT KGUY AND KDHT AT THIS TIME. KAMA MAY RECEIVE
SOME IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM AS WELL. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED AT ALL SITES FOR MUCH OF THIS FCST CYCLE. PRECIPITATION
MAY START OUT AS LIGHT RAIN AT KGUY AND KDHT...BUT IS FCST TO
TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER 06Z TNGT. DID NOT BRING
ANY PRECIPITATION TO KAMA DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
IT WILL MAKE IT THIS FAR SOUTH. WILL CLOSELY MONITOR RADAR TRENDS
THIS EVENING. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE FORESEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ANDRADE
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014/
DISCUSSION...
THIS UPDATE IS FOCUSED ON IMPACTS OF A DEEPENING SHORTWAVE TROUGH
APPROACHING THE AREA IN WAKE OF TODAY/S FRONT.
THE INITIAL WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH
OF THE PANHANDLES...BUT ADVECTION OF COLD AIR INTO THE REGION HAS
LAGGED. ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON A SMALL/COMPACT SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW
DEEPENING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. THIS SYSTEM HAS SUPPORTED A FEW
LIGHTING STRIKES OVER EASTERN ARIZONA/SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO THE PAST
FEW HOURS...AND RADAR TRENDS ARE INCREASING OVER RATON MESA.
MOST MODEL SOLUTIONS SHOW AN AREA OF STRONG FORCING/ASCENT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS FEATURE EMERGING OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SPREADING
EASTWARD OVER THE ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE/WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AROUND MIDNIGHT. PROFILES
SUGGEST A FAIRLY RAPID TRANSITION TO SNOW THERE...BUT WEAKER FORCING
AND A LINGERING SHALLOW WARM NOSE MAY INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET/
MIXED PRECIP FURTHER SOUTH. PARCELS LIFTED FROM AROUND 700 MB OVER
THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES COULD SUPPORT A RUMBLE OF THUNDER WITH PRECIP
THERE...BUT THUNDER IS A LOW PROBABILITY AND WILL REFRAIN FROM THE
FORECAST/GRIDS.
IT APPEAR THE BEST WINDOW FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL OCCUR
FROM ROUGHLY MIDNIGHT TO 5 AM OVER THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
WHERE THE BEST PROSPECTS FOR 1 TO 3 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE INDICATED
BY SREF /70-80 PERCENT PROBABILITIES/ AND OTHER GUIDANCE. MESOSCALE
MODELS DEPICT A SHARP SOUTHERN GRADIENT TO THE PRECIP THAT LIFTS
NORTHEASTWARD...PERHAPS MITIGATING POTENTIAL OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN ROUGHLY 3 AM AND 7 AM. STILL GIVEN PROXIMITY
OF BEST FORCING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING SNOW...HAVE EXPANDED
THE GOING ADVISORY TO INCLUDE THE FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. HOWEVER...OVERALL REDUCED PROBABILITIES SOUTH OF THE
CANADIAN RIVER BY ABOUT 10 PERCENT...RANGING FROM 30 TO 50 PERCENT.
OTHERWISE...ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVED FLOW WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A RAPID WARM
UP BY MONDAY WITH RENEWED DOWNSLOPE BREEZES AND DEEPENING LEE SIDE
TROUGH. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO PUSH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY/
EARLY WEDNESDAY IN ADVANCE OF A DEEPENING UPPER AIR TROUGH OVER THE
GREAT BASIN. SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIFFER SOMEWHAT ON THE COMBINED
EFFECTS OF THESE FEATURES...BUT CONTINUATION OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS
TUESDAY NIGHT REMAINS VALID...FAVORING THE NORTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA.
FIRE WEATHER...
INITIALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING AS COLDER TEMPERATURES ADVECT SOUTHWARD
IN WAKE OF TODAY/S COLD FRONT. PERIODS OF ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER WILL BECOME POSSIBLE AGAIN BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: DALLAM...HANSFORD...LIPSCOMB...OCHILTREE...
SHERMAN.
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 724 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 724 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL MAY LINGER EARLY SATURDAY OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM. ELEVATED TO BRIEFLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ...LOCAL OFFICIALS...AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY WINTER WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED OR BRIEFLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANDRADE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
One inch of storm total snow in Beaver. Limited to grassy areas.
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