Light surface winds, abundant moisture, and clear skies resulted in favorable conditions for the formation of fog during the evening of the 7th lasting through the early morning hours of the 8th. Dense fog resulted in visibility at or less than one quarter mile for at least a short period during the indicated time range in or near the cities of Canadian (Hemphill County), Lipscomb (Lipscomb…
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Light surface winds, abundant moisture, and clear skies resulted in favorable conditions for the formation of fog during the evening of the 7th lasting through the early morning hours of the 8th. Dense fog resulted in visibility at or less than one quarter mile for at least a short period during the indicated time range in or near the cities of Canadian (Hemphill County), Lipscomb (Lipscomb County), Wellington (Collingsworth County) and Wheeler (Wheeler County). By 8:00 AM CST, the 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 7, 5:28 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 528 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2014 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AT ALL THREE LOCATIONS. FOG AND STRATUS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF THE AREA CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND GENERALLY NORTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING KAMA WHERE WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHERLY OR SOUTHWESTERLY FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME REESTABLISHED TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS. BRB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 218 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2014/ DISCUSSION... SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWEST CWA WILL SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT. MOST OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD GET SHUNTED EAST OF THE PANHANDLES AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...SO DO NOT THINK THAT LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SURFACE WINDS THEN COME BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH AS A NEW LEE- SIDE TROUGH DEVELOPS TO OUR WEST. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WAVE LOOKS VERY WEAK AND HAVE OPTED TO REMOVE POPS FROM OUR FORECAST. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AHEAD OF A LONG WAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS FORECAST AS MORE DECEMBER LIKE TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN CANADA. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 17/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 304 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-080915- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 304 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Visibility fell to less than one quarter mile at Canadian airport.
Visibility fell to less than one quarter mile at Canadian airport.
Visibility fell to one quarter mile at Childress airport.
Visibility fell to less than one quarter mile at 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: 548311, 548312, 548314, 548315.