Cold in Oklahoma, November 10 to 11, 2014

Name: Cold in Oklahoma, November 10 to 11, 2014
Start: 2014-11-10T21:50
End: 2014-11-11T09:00
Location: Oklahoma

November 10 to 11, 2014 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.

A strong cold front moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 10th. The post-frontal airmass allowed temperatures to drop well below freezing across all of the Oklahoma Panhandle to bring an end to the growing season. The overnight low for Goodwell (Texas County) was 18 degrees and the low for Slapout (Beaver County) was 18 degrees. By noon on the 11th, temperatures warmed above 28 degrees to bring an end to the hard freeze conditions.

What forecasters said that day

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 Nov 10, 8:55 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 8:55 PM CST, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
855 PM CST MON NOV 10 2014

.UPDATE...
HAVE UPDATED GRAPHICAL FORECASTS...INCREASING WINDS AND CLOUDS WHILE
LOWERING TEMPERATURES ABOUT 2 TO 5 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.  DEWPOINTS
...RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND APPARENT TEMPERATURES HAVE ALSO BEEN
ADJUSTED DOWNWARD.  UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

COCKRELL

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 552 PM CST MON NOV 10 2014/

AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...AS A COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTH THIS EVENING. A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KDHT AND KAMA DUE TO
BLOWING DUST. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH
THE PERIOD AT ALL SITES. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT ALL SITES THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...WITH 30 KTS SUSTAINED AND GUSTS OF 40-45 KTS THIS
EVENING DECREASING GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT AND
NORTHEASTERLY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

NF

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 256 PM CST MON NOV 10 2014/

DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, THE FRONT IS HERE! IN SPITE OF OUR BEST
EFFORTS TO PUSH BACK AGAINST IT...THE COLD FRONT IS ABOUT TO ENTER
THE OK PANHANDLE AND SHOULD CLEAR THE SRN TX PANHANDLE BY 8 PM. WITH
IT, EXPECT WINDS TO GUST TO 50 MPH, ISOLATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST,
AND OF COURSE, GOODBYE TO THE 80S.

OUR HARD FREEZE IS COMING TONIGHT (AND TOMORROW NIGHT AND THE NIGHT
AFTER THAT AND...WELL YOU GET THE POINT).

DRY WEATHER SHOULD BE THE RULE THROUGH THE WEEK. MODEL DISCREPANCIES
REMAIN PREVALENT THIS WEEKEND...BUT SIGNS ARE POINTING TOWARD A
BRIEF MODERATION OF TEMPS TOWARD 50 BY FRI AND SAT FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER SHOT OF COOLER AIR FOR THE LATE WEEKEND. HAVE LEFT 20
PERCENT CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THOSE
MAY BE HIGH.

SIMPSON

FIRE WEATHER...

VERY COLD AIR BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT TONIGHT WILL PRECLUDE
ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT WEEK.
HOWEVER...FUELS WILL BE CURED UP QUICKLY BY THE HARD FREEZES MEANING
GRASSLAND FIRE CONCERNS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THE NEXT TIME WE GET
DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS.

SIMPSON

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                19  39  15  29  13 /  10   0   0   5   5
BEAVER OK                  19  34  13  29  12 /   5   0   0   5   5
BOISE CITY OK              17  33  10  25   8 /  10   5   5   0   5
BORGER TX                  21  37  16  31  17 /  10   0   0   5   5
BOYS RANCH TX              22  39  16  31  14 /  10   0   0   5   5
CANYON TX                  20  42  16  30  14 /   5   0   0   5   5
CLARENDON TX               24  41  18  32  18 /   5   0   0   5   5
DALHART TX                 20  36  12  27  11 /  10   0   5   0   5
GUYMON OK                  18  35  12  27  12 /  10   0   5   5   5
HEREFORD TX                21  41  16  31  14 /   5   0   0   5   5
LIPSCOMB TX                20  36  15  30  14 /   5   0   0   5   5
PAMPA TX                   19  36  14  27  14 /  10   0   0   5   5
SHAMROCK TX                25  42  19  34  19 /   5   0   0   5   5
WELLINGTON TX              27  44  21  36  20 /   5   0   0   5   5

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...
     COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...
     HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...
     MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...
     SHERMAN...WHEELER.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
     DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
     HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
     POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.

OK...HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BEAVER...TEXAS.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.

&&

06/03

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 4:32 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
432 PM CST MON NOV 10 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111045-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
432 PM CST MON NOV 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S IN THE WAKE OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

HARD FREEZES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES EVERY MORNING THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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Event by event

2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Texas

When: November 10, 9:50 PM CST to November 11, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Texas forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Overnight low of 18 degrees for Goodwell.

Cold/Wind Chill, Beaver

When: November 10, 11:30 PM CST to November 11, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Beaver forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Overnight low of 19 degrees for Slapout.

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, November 2014

Sources

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: 542532, 542534.