A cold front moved through the Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon hours of the 15th. Strong winds aloft were able to mix to the surface behind this cold front to cause a combination of sustained and high winds gusts.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A cold front moved through the Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon hours of the 15th. Strong winds aloft were able to mix to the surface behind this cold front to cause a combination of sustained and high winds gusts. The NWS ASOS site in Dalhart (Dallam and Hartley Counties) reported sustained winds of 43 MPH from 6 PM CST until 8 PM CST and a gust of 58 MPH at 9:44 PM CST. A mesonet site near Stratford (Sherman County) reported sustained winds of 43 mph between 6 PM CST and 8 PM CST. The Dumas (Moore County) AWOS reported a several 58 mph high wind gusts from 6:55 PM CST through 9:45 PM CST. The Claude (Armstrong County) mesonet reported a 58 mph high wind gust at 8:46 PM CST. The McLean (Gray County) reported a high wind gust of 59 mph at 10:00 PM CST. A mesonet site in Amarillo (Potter and Randall County) reported a high wind gust of 58 MPH and 59 MPH between 9:14 PM CST and 9:48 PM CST. No further reports of sustained or high wind gusts were reported after 10: 30 PM CST as the nocturnal inversion strengthen.
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 Mar 15, 4:26 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
526 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014
.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF CURRENTLY DIGGING SWD ALONG ERN SLOPES OF
CNTRL AND SRN ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS EVENING. CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLD TSTM WILL BE GRATEST ACROSS SRN TX
PNHDL AND LOWEST ACROSS OK PNHDL AND NW TX PNHDL. NO POPS AFTER 06Z
TONIGHT. WIND AND DUST WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER STORY ACROSS THE
REGION THRU SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS OPPOSED TO PRECIPITATION. A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE TX AND OK PNHDLS THRU 4 PM
SUNDAY. SOME LOCATIONS MAY VERY WELL EXPERIENCE VSBYS NEAR OR PSBLY
BELOW ONE MILE ALONG WITH HIGH WIND CRITERIA BEING MET AS WELL. LATER
SHIFTS MAY NEED TO ISSUE THESE APPROPRIATE HIGHLIGHTS IF NECESSARY.
COOLER TEMPS SUNDAY. DRY WEATHER FROM SUNDAY THRU SATURDAY OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASASGE EXPECTED
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. MAJOR MODELS SUCH AS THE GFS
AND ECMWF ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS SCENARIO AND WERE
ACCEPTED.
ANDRADE
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS
OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO NORTH
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT. ELEVATED TO POSSIBLY CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON MONDAY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GSUTS ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT.
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
DUE TO WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH
FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT.
ANDRADE
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 31 52 31 76 37 / 50 0 0 0 0
BEAVER OK 31 51 28 74 36 / 20 0 0 0 0
BOISE CITY OK 27 52 29 74 31 / 20 0 0 0 0
BORGER TX 36 53 34 75 41 / 40 0 0 0 0
BOYS RANCH TX 30 53 30 77 37 / 40 0 0 0 0
CANYON TX 31 52 30 76 38 / 50 0 0 0 0
CLARENDON TX 34 51 30 75 40 / 50 0 0 0 0
DALHART TX 28 53 27 76 32 / 30 0 0 0 0
GUYMON OK 31 53 29 76 36 / 20 0 0 0 0
HEREFORD TX 31 51 30 74 38 / 50 0 0 0 0
LIPSCOMB TX 33 50 28 74 38 / 30 0 0 0 0
PAMPA TX 34 51 30 73 39 / 50 0 0 0 0
SHAMROCK TX 36 51 29 74 41 / 50 0 0 0 0
WELLINGTON TX 37 51 29 74 41 / 50 0 0 0 0
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ARMSTRONG...CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
DONLEY...GRAY...HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HEMPHILL...
HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...
POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...SHERMAN...WHEELER.
OK...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 605 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-161100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 605 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. A HIGH WIND WARNING AND A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE DUE TO NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST TONIGHT...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY DUE TO NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...WHICH MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 20 PERCENT. ELEVATED TO POSSIBLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS ACROSS MOST OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES DUE TO WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH FORECAST MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREA FIRE MANAGERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY...MONDAY...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. ANDRADE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
644 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 3 SW DALHART 36.03N 102.55W
03/15/2014 M43 MPH HARTLEY TX ASOS
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1400209
LGThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sustained wind of 43 mph at Dalhart.
Sustained wind of 43 mph at Dalhart.
Sustained wind of 43 mph at Stratford.
Several gusts of 58 mph between 6:55 and 9:45 PM at Dumas.
High wind gust of 58 mph at Claude.
High wind gust of 58 mph at Amarillo.
High wind gust of 59 mph at Amarillo.
High wind gust of 59 mph at McLean.
High wind gust of 58 mph Dalhart.
High wind gust of 58 mph Dalhart.
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, March 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: 505267, 505268, 505271, 505272, 505273, 505275, 505276, 505274, 505269, 505270.