A weak upper level shortwave and jet streak moving southward out of southeastern Colorado provided the large scale forcing for light snow showers to develop across the northeastern Texas Panhandle during the overnight hours of the 27th and the early morning hours of the 28th. These snow showers developed over southwestern Kansas and moved into the northeastern Texas Panhandle around 11:30 PM CST…
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A weak upper level shortwave and jet streak moving southward out of southeastern Colorado provided the large scale forcing for light snow showers to develop across the northeastern Texas Panhandle during the overnight hours of the 27th and the early morning hours of the 28th. These snow showers developed over southwestern Kansas and moved into the northeastern Texas Panhandle around 11:30 PM CST on the 27th. These showers slowly moved southward before diminishing over the central Texas Panhandle around 4 AM CST. The Lipscomb County Emergency Manager reported 2.0 inches of storm total snow in Booker. A member of the public reported 1.5 inches of storm total snow in Spearman (Hansford County), and the NWS COOP observer north-northwest of Farnsworth (Ochiltree County) reported 1.5 inches of storm total snow. No reports of slick roads or vehicle accidents were reported in relation to this snow.
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 Jan 27, 11:14 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1114 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT KAMA AND KDHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS GENERALLY BELOW 10 KTS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. AT KDHT...MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH 12Z. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 3/4 MILE AND CEILINGS AS LOW AS 1000 FT...LEADING TO LIFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE WORST CONDITIONS AT KDHT SHOULD OCCUR ROUGHLY BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z...BEFORE CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES IMPROVE. NF && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 546 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014/ AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS... AT KAMA...GENERALLY EASTERLY WINDS WITH SPEEDS AT 10 KTS OR LESS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AROUND 15Z. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AND BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER THAT. AT KDHT...SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HRS...WITH A PERIOD OF 15KT WINDS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 03Z AND 08Z. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF PERIOD. AT KGUY...A MORE PERSISTENT 4K TO 6K FT CLOUD DECK SHOULD CARRY THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH A PERIOD OF MVFR OR LOWER CEILINGS AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z. THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR SNOW AND THESE LOWER CEILINGS IS FOR A PERIOD BETWEEN 09Z AND 11Z. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...STARTING OUT SOUTHEASTERLY AND BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY BY 13Z. NF PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014/ SHORT TERM... AS ADVERTISED...TODAY WAS MUCH COLDER ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT PLOWED THROUGH THE REGION LAST NIGHT. HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WHICH MAY HELP PREVENT LOWS FROM FALLING BELOW ZERO. NONETHELESS IT WILL BE COLD TONIGHT FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THIS COLD AND VERY DRY AIR MASS AND A SFC RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS RAISES CONCERNS FOR A POSSIBLE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUES MORNING. WHILE WIND CHILLS WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA OF -5 OR BELOW...WINDS ARE THE BIG QUESTION MARK AS THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART EXPECTED TO STAY UNDER 10 MPH. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD WHERE WINDS WILL BE AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING...BUT IT APPEARS THIS WILL BE BRIEF IN DURATION. THUS HAVE OPTED TO NOT ISSUE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY BUT DID HIGH LITE THIS IN THE HWO. BESIDES THE COLD...LIGHT SNOW IS STILL A POSSIBILITY TONIGHT OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHT GIVEN THE EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN PLACE BUT THE PASSING OF AN UPPER WAVE CAN HELP TO SQUEEZE OUT SOME LIGHT SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A HALF AN INCH WITH THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NORTH OF A GUYMON TO LIPSCOMB LINE. ANOTHER COOL DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION ON TUESDAY AS THE SFC RIDGE REMAINS NEARBY AS IT SLIDES TO THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHILE WINDS SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST BUT THE COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RIDGE WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPS BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS...IN THE 30S. LONG TERM... THE UPPER FLOW FLATTENS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY TOWARD MID WEEK...SUPPORTING WARMER TEMPS AND BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AS CYCLOGENESIS DEVELOPS IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE WARMER TEMPS COMES THE POSSIBILITY FOR ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH NWP MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH ITS PASSAGE. ANOTHER SHOT OF COLDER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...BUT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT WILL GO...FRIDAYS HIGHS WILL HAVE A BIG BUST POTENTIAL. THE UNCERTAINTIES WITH TEMPS SPILLS INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND GIVEN THE QUESTION MARKS ON WHERE THIS COOL AIR WILL RESIDE. ALTHOUGH ANOTHER COOL SFC RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS CAN KEEP HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 40S BOTH DAYS. HAVE CONTINUED WITH A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED...ALTHOUGH MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST PRECIP CHANCES IMPROVING EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. ALSO LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER MAJOR COOL DOWN EARLY NEXT WEEK WHICH IS MORE STRONGLY ADVERTISED BY THE ECMWF. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW FUTURE MODEL RUNS HANDLE THIS SYSTEM AS ITS STILL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS FORECAST. CLK FIRE WEATHER... OUTSIDE OF A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT...THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IS SLIM THROUGH THE WEEK. LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...PRECLUDING ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY CAN RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT USHERING IN COOLER AIR TOWARD THE WEEKEND. BEYOND THURSDAY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO NOT REACH CRITICAL VALUES PRECLUDING ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CLK && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 06/09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 300 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-281200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 300 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS BEING NORTH OF A GUYMON TO LIPSCOMB LINE. IN ADDITION WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO ZERO TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND ZERO TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WHILE ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY. THIS IS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. CLK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow of 1.5 inches 8 miles north-northwest of Farnsworth.
Storm total snow of 1.5 inches in Spearman.
Storm total snow of 2.0 inches in Booker.
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