A intense weather system passed just north of the area bringing strong winds to the southern portion of the Texas Panhandle. Wind gusts between 35 and 50 mph were common.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A intense weather system passed just north of the area bringing strong winds to the southern portion of the Texas Panhandle. Wind gusts between 35 and 50 mph were common. A wind gust of 60 mph occurred 3 miles east of Bushland (Potter County).
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 Dec 14, 11:21 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1121 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE
CONVECTION MOVING OUT OF THE PANHANDLES LATE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER
LOW CLOUDS WRAPPING AROUND THE UPPER LOW COMING OUT OF EASTERN NEW
MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MVFR CONDITIONS AT MAINLY THE GUYMON AND
DALHART TAF SITES THROUGH AROUND 22Z TODAY TO 00Z MONDAY. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL THREE TAF SITES AFTER 00Z MONDAY. A
PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE PANHANDLES WILL SHIFT THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AT ALL THREE TAF SITES
BY 21Z TODAY TO 00Z MONDAY. THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35
KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 00Z MONDAY TO AROUND 15
TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND THEN AROUND 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 08Z MONDAY.
SCHNEIDER
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 525 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014/
AVIATION...
LOW CLOUDS AND LOWER VISIBILITIES SHOULD IMPROVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TAF SITES THIS MORNING. BY MID MORNING SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL PICK UP INTO THE 20 TO 30 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE AMA TAF SITE WHERE AN AVIATION
WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTS OVER 40 KNOTS. SKIES SHOULD
BE VFR AT ALL SITES BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THESE VFR CONDITIONS
SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST. WINDS WILL COME
AROUND TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT
THIS EVENING AND THE WINDS WILL THEN SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT.
EXCEPT AT GUY WHERE THE SURFACE GRADIENT WILL BE TIGHTEST BEHIND THIS
COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL STAY UP IN THE 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER
GUSTS THERE.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 435 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014/
DISCUSSION...
INTENSE UPPER LOW TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING SOME
PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WINDS.
THE MUCH-DISCUSSED UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WAS IN THE
PROCESS OF CLOSING OFF OVER NORTH CENTRAL NM EARLY THIS MORNING.
STRONG DYNAMIC FORCING AHEAD OF THE LOW HAS GENERATED AN ARC OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CURRENTLY MAKING THEIR WAY ACROSS EASTERN
NM...THE WESTERN PANHANDLES...AND SOUTH PLAINS. THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING AS THE STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT ACTS UPON AN UNSEASONABLY
MOIST ATMOSPHERE /SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S/. AS THE
CLOSED MID/UPPER-LEVEL LOW PIVOTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLES THIS MORNING INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KS BY EARLY THIS
EVENING...A MID-LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL QUICKLY OVERTAKE THE
AREA. THUS THE SOUTHERN HALF OR SO OF THE TX PANHANDLE WILL JUST SEE
THE ONE SHOT OF RAIN THIS MORNING. BEHIND THIS INITIAL BROKEN LINE OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS...ADDITIONAL LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP ACROSS THE OK PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE LATE THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON BENEATH THE COLD CORE ALOFT. LIMITED
INSTABILITY WILL HELP MITIGATE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...BUT THE
COLD TEMPS ALOFT AND STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL SUPPORT SOME THREAT OF
SMALL HAIL AND A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS MAKING IT DOWN TO THE SURFACE.
SOME WRAPAROUND PRECIP IN THE DEFORMATION ZONE WILL CONTINUE TO CLIP
PARTS OF THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY INTO EARLY
TONIGHT...BEFORE PULLING NORTH OF THE AREA AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS
NORTHEAST ACROSS KS. THE PRECIP MAY TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS THE OK
PANHANDLE/FAR NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE LATE THIS EVENING AS COLD AIR
ADVECTS SOUTH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. HOWEVER ANY SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT /LESS THAN A HALF INCH/ DUE TO THE
WEAKENING/DEPARTING FORCING AND DRYING COLUMN BY THE TIME IT BECOMES
COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW.
THE OTHER MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE STRONG WINDS BEHIND A
PACIFIC COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS
THE SOUTHWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL TX PANHANDLE...WHERE A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM THROUGH 6 PM. GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED TRACK OF
THE CLOSED LOW...THE STRONGEST WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL PASS OVER THE
SOUTHERN TX PANHANDLE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MIXING TO AROUND 700
MB...WITH A 40-50 KT MID-LEVEL JET PROGGED AT THIS LEVEL. THIS WILL
SUPPORT ADVISORY-LEVEL WINDS ON THE CAPROCK ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TX
PANHANDLE. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A GUST OR TWO REACH HIGH-
WIND WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TX PANHANDLE /DEAF
SMITH COUNTY/...BUT OVERALL THINK THE ADVISORY WILL COVER IT. MIXING
WON/T BE QUITE AS DEEP OFF THE CAPROCK...SO WILL KEEP THE SOUTHEAST
TX PANHANDLE OUT OF THE ADVISORY. COULD SEE SOME BLOWING DUST GIVEN
THE FAVORABLE TRAJECTORY COMING OUT OF EAST CENTRAL NM...BUT DON/T
EXPECT IT TO BE A BIG PROBLEM AT THIS POINT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
BY EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WILL STILL REMAIN BRISK OVERNIGHT BEHIND
A CANADIAN COLD FRONT.
THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN TO START THE WORK WEEK AS LOW-AMPLITUDE
SHORTWAVE RIDGING SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY IN
BETWEEN THE DEPARTING UPPER LOW AND THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH. DRY
CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME ALONG WITH MORE SEASONAL
TEMPS.
DETAILS STILL REMAIN MURKY WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER-FLOW
PATTERN FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK...BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT A
COUPLE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY TIMEFRAME. A LEAD WEAKER SHORTWAVE...OR AT LEAST
WAA/ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF A LAGGING DEEPER TROUGH...MAY BRING
SOME SHOWERS TO THE SOUTHEAST CWA WEDNESDAY. RAIN/SNOW CHANCES WILL
THEN EXIST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE TROUGH MAKES ITS
WAY ACROSS THE AREA. ATTM...THE UPPER TROUGH IS PROGGED TO REMAIN
OPEN/FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE KEEPING ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ON THE
LIGHTER SIDE...BUT AS MENTIONED CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS IS LOW AT
THIS RANGE.
KB
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL.
OK...NONE.
&&
11/05HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-142200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 1144 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 6 PM...WHERE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH SPEEDS AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING DUST...LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCHNEIDER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A broadcast media weather observing station located 3 miles east of Bushland recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. No damage was reported in this area.
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