The wet summer pattern continued through June for most of the Texas Panhandle, with most locations measuring at least 3 to 4 inches of rain for the month. Some parts of the Panhandle received greater than 6 inches of rain, or greater than twice the monthly average for June.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
The wet summer pattern continued through June for most of the Texas Panhandle, with most locations measuring at least 3 to 4 inches of rain for the month. Some parts of the Panhandle received greater than 6 inches of rain, or greater than twice the monthly average for June. A mix of Extreme (D3) to Exceptional (D4) Drought conditions at the start of June improved to mostly Severe (D2) and Extreme (D3)Drought conditions at the end of the month. A band of Exceptional (D4) Drought remained from Gray County northwestward to Dallam County. Amarillo recorded 5.40 inches of precipitation for the month (2.24 inches above normal), Dalhart recorded 3.77 inches of precipitation (1.47 inches above normal), and Borger recorded 3.17 inches of precipitation (0.55 inches above normal).
Soil moisture was rated from short to adequate during the month. Crops were mostly benefiting from the rains, but were running behind in areas that were too wet or too dry. Rangeland and pasture continued to be rated mostly poor to very poor, but some rangeland was greening up. Cattle continued to improve, but herd sizes remained limited due to prolonged drought. Upper soil zones were mostly greater than 40 percent full by the end of June. Deeper soil moisture was still below normal in the northwestern Texas Panhandle, but values were estimated to range from 90 percent to greater than 150 percent of normal across the remainder of the Panhandles. The Palmer Drought Severity Index indicated a rating of Moderate Drought conditions for the Texas Panhandle. Countywide burn bans were supported in several counties.
Stream flows across the Texas Panhandle improved to near normal throughout June. The reservoirs of Palo Duro and Greenbelt Lake were below 3 percent and 14 percent capacity respectively. Lake Meredith began the month below dead pool, but the month's rainfall brought water levels up to near 2 percent of capacity by the end of the month. Water watches for several public water systems persisted through June while voluntary to mandatory mild water restrictions were continued.
Economic losses due to the drought through June were predominately the result of supplemental watering in the driest areas and supplemental feed for cattle on drought-thinned rangeland and pastures.
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 May 31, 11:18 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1218 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 .AVIATION... 06Z TAF UPDATE. WE ARE MONITORING RADAR TRENDS WITH ISOLATED CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND STORMS CURRENTLY 60-100 NMI WEST/NORTH OF KGUY AND KDHT. NO MORE THAN A VERY LOW PROBABILITY EXISTS FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO INFLUENCE AVIATION WEATHER AT EITHER SITE DURING THE NEXT 1-3 HRS. THEREAFTER... CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KAMA...KDHT...AND LIKELY AT KGUY AS WELL. SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING. OTHERWISE...CONCERNS FOR CONVECTION WILL LARGELY REMAIN EAST AND NORTH OF THE TERMINALS. A LOW PROBABILITY FOR CONVECTIVE IMPACTS MAY EXIST AFTER 01/21Z AT KGUY...BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD STORMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN NORTH/EAST OF THAT TERMINAL AS WELL. THUS WILL NOT INCLUDE RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME. LINDLEY && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014/ FORECAST SUMMARY...CONDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT, AND SEVERE THREAT MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SUNDAY. START OF THE WEEK LOOKS DRY AND HOT BEFORE COOLER AND POSSIBLY WETTER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...EARLY MORNING CONVECTION AND PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDS HAVE SLOWED THE EROSION OF THE CAPPING ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND ALONG A RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION OVER GRAY COUNTY. MESO-ANALYSIS SHOWS 1500 J/KG OF MIXED LAYER CAPE SO IF ANYTHING CAN INITIATE THEN IT COULD REACH MARGINALLY SEVERE LIMITS. ANY ONGOING CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SUNDAY...THIS REMAINS THE BEST DAY FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION. MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE UPPER WAVE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE FORCING NEEDED TO OVERCOME A SIZABLE CAP OVER THE PANHANDLES. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AN EASTWARD ADVANCING DRYLINE PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BEFORE PROGRESSING INTO THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY THE EVENING HOURS. CAPE VALUES RANGE FROM 1500 J/KG TO 2500 J/KG WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR INCREASING TO 50KTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE TORNADO THREAT REMAINS NON-ZERO DUE TO 0-1KM HELICITY OF 100-200 M^2/S^2, BUT ANY FUNNEL THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME RELATIVELY HIGH LCLS OF AROUND 5000FT. SEVERE THREAT DIMINISHED AROUND MIDNIGHT AS STORMS PROGRESS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION STRENGTHS. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL SETTLE OVER THE PANHANDLES MONDAY AND BEGIN A WARMING TREND. TUESDAY APPEARS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH MANY LOCATIONS NEAR THE CENTURY MARK AS THE RIDGE AXIS IS POSITIONED OVER THE PANHANDLES. WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE BEGINS TO FLATTEN AND WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...A MULTITUDE OF SHORTWAVES WILL IMPACT THE PANHANDLES ONCE THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN. THIS WILL KEEP PRECIP CHANCES IN THE FORECAST EACH DAY LEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE GIVEN DECENT INSTABILITY VALUES BUT MODEL DIFFERENCES LIMIT THE POTENTIAL TO PIN POINT WHERE THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP THIS FAR OUT. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-010900- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 348 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS CAN BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND GUSTY WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY DAY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE. THE BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE OVER THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Severe (D2) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Exceptional (D4) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Extreme (D3) drought as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 531495, 531496, 531497, 531498, 531499, 531500, 531501, 531502, 531503, 531504, 531505, 531506, 531507, 531508, 531509, 531510, 531512, 531513, 531514, 531515.