The pattern of light winds and abundant moisture continued into the evening hours of the 4th, and as temperatures cooled, fog once again formed across mainly the eastern portion of the Texas Panhandle. Visibility of one quarter mile or less occurred in or near the cities of Amarillo (Potter and Randall counties), Clarendon (Donley County), Claude (Armstrong County), Dumas (Moore County),…
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
The pattern of light winds and abundant moisture continued into the evening hours of the 4th, and as temperatures cooled, fog once again formed across mainly the eastern portion of the Texas Panhandle. Visibility of one quarter mile or less occurred in or near the cities of Amarillo (Potter and Randall counties), Clarendon (Donley County), Claude (Armstrong County), Dumas (Moore County), Libscomb (Libscomb County), Panhandle (Carson County), Pampa (Gray County), Perryton (Ochiltree), Wellington (Collingsworth County), and Wheeler (Wheeler County) for at least a short period during the time range indicated. By 10:00 AM CST on the 5th, the dense fog had dissipated.
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 4, 5:41 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 541 PM CST THU DEC 4 2014 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...BEFORE CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE WORSENING VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH AT LEAST IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR EACH SITE BY SUNRISE. WORST REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY LOOKS TO FAVOR KAMA AND KGUY...WITH FG POSSIBLY CAUSING LIFR CONDITIONS AT THOSE SITES. LIGHT AND GENERALLY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GIVE WAY TO NORTHERLY WINDS...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY BRINGS IMPROVED FLYING CONDITIONS. NF && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 316 PM CST THU DEC 4 2014/ DISCUSSION... RAIN CHANCES REMAIN ON TRACK TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VIRGA/LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE HIGHEST CHANCES REMAIN OVERNIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES OVER THE AREA. TOTAL PRECIP AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT (GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH). THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR PATCHY FOG THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT TO BRING AN END TO THE PRECIP BY FRIDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES MODERATE SLIGHTLY FRIDAY BUT WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE WEEKEND SYSTEM CONTINUE IT'S DRYING TREND. FOR THIS ISSUANCE HAVE STRIPPED THE POPS FROM SUNDAY DAYTIME WHILE KEEPING POPS IN SUNDAY MORNING. EARLY NEXT WEEK REMAINS DRY BEFORE ANOTHER SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. CURRENT FORECAST SHOULD KEEP THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA DRY WITH ON THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE HAVING A SHOT AT SOME PRECIP. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 06/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 316 PM CST THU DEC 4 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-050930- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 316 PM CST THU DEC 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 TO 3 MILES ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO AROUND 1 TO 3 MILES ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Amarillo airport. At 7:05 AM CST, broadcast media estimated the visibility to be one tenth of a mile in downtown Amarillo.
Visibility was estimated to be one tenth of a mile 8 miles east-southeast of Bushland at 7:31 AM CST.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Amarillo airport.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Pampa airport. At 7:08 PM CST, law enforcement reported visibility less than one quarter mile 5 miles east of Pampa.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Amarillo airport.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Perryton airport.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Perryton airport and Canadian airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 2014
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: 548296, 548297, 548298, 548299, 548300, 548301, 548302, 548303, 548304, 548305.