Cold in Oklahoma, November 6, 2014

Name: Cold in Oklahoma, November 6, 2014
Start: 2014-11-06T05:30
End: 2014-11-06T07:30
Location: Oklahoma

November 6, 2014 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Light winds and clear skies allowed overnight temperatures to drop between the range of 33 and 36 degrees to cause frost conditions at Goodwell (Texas County) and Beaver (Beaver County). The frost conditions at these locations threatened crops at the end of the growing season.

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.

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 6, 5:03 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 5:03 AM CST, 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
503 AM CST THU NOV 6 2014

.UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.AVIATION.../12Z TAFS/
VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS UP TO 15KTS DEVELOPING AFTER 17Z.

KNS

&&

.DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 AM CST THU NOV 6 2014/

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO
THE 30S THIS EARLY MORNING. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS
PANHANDLE HAVE ALREADY REACHED THE FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING...BUT
AMARILLO REMAINS AT A RELATIVELY BALMY 39 DEGREES THIS HOUR. DECIDED
TO CONTINUE THE CURRENT FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADVISORY...IN CASE
TEMPERATURES FALL A FEW MORE DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE. OTHERWISE...
TODAY WILL BE DOMINATED BY MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S EXPECTED.

FOR FRIDAY...BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO
INCREASE SEVERAL DEGREES UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGHS WILL BE IN
THE 70S...A GOOD 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...A
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL SNEAK IN ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING COOLER AIR
INTO THE AREA. NO MOISTURE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COLD
FRONT...WITH THE BIGGEST IMPACT BEING NOTICEABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY. MOST LOCATIONS WILL ONLY REACH THE MID TO UPPER
50S SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BEFORE WINDS VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S EARLY...BUT
THINK THE FIRST FREEZE FOR MOST OF THE AREA WILL STILL REMAIN
ELUSIVE. WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW RETURNING ON SUNDAY...A RAPID
REBOUND WILL OCCUR WITH HIGHS BACK IN THE 70S ONCE AGAIN.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MONDAY LOOKS TO BE A CARBON COPY OF SUNDAY
WITH WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW AND SUNNY SKIES KEEPING HIGHS ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMALS IN THE 70S. BIG CHANGES LOOK TO APPEAR TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY AS COLD CANADIAN AIR WILL FINALLY ARRIVE INTO THE PANHANDLES
TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. IF LOCATIONS
DO NOT EXPERIENCE THEIR FIRST FREEZE BY TUESDAY MORNING...THEY WILL
MOST CERTAINLY HIT IT WEDNESDAY MORNING. MORNING LOWS IN THE 20S TO
LOWER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE 40S CAN BE EXPECTED ALL THREE DAYS WITH
DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN
THE DRY PATTERN BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK AS THE NEXT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION COMES BACK INTO THE FORECAST.

KNS

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: DALLAM...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
     HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...ROBERTS...
     SHERMAN.

     FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: DEAF SMITH...OLDHAM...POTTER...RANDALL.

OK...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: BEAVER...TEXAS.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 6, 3:31 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
331 AM CST THU NOV 6 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-062200-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
331 AM CST THU NOV 6 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LIGHT FREEZE CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS
PANHANDLE THROUGH 9AM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A HARD FREEZE APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

KNS

The radar

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Event by event

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

Cold/Wind Chill, Beaver

When: November 6, 5:30 AM CST to 7:30 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 33 degrees at Beaver.

Cold/Wind Chill, Texas

When: November 6, 5:30 AM CST to 7:30 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 33 degrees at Goodwell.

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: 543080, 543082.