Severe thunderstorms brought strong wind gusts to the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening of the 2nd. The most significant weather was reported west of Slapout where several trees and power poles were damaged by severe thunderstorm winds, and a wind gust of 74 mph was measured.
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Severe thunderstorms brought strong wind gusts to the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening of the 2nd. The most significant weather was reported west of Slapout where several trees and power poles were damaged by severe thunderstorm winds, and a wind gust of 74 mph was measured. No large hail reports were received.
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 Jul 2, 2:48 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 348 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 .DISCUSSION... THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK REMAINS ON TRACK...WITH PERIODIC RAIN CHANCES FOR PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AND AGAIN FOR THE EARLY HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER-AIR PATTERN WILL FEATURE A MORE ZONAL FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE WEEK AHEAD AS COMPARED WITH THE LAST WEEK. A WEAKENING AND FLATTENING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WILL ONLY RE-INTENSIFY LATE NEXT WEEK. THE WEAKNESS OF THIS RIDGE SHOULD ALLOW FOR PASSING SHORTWAVES TO DICTATE MUCH OF THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ARE DIMINISHING AS MOST OF THE PANHANDLE REMAINS BEHIND A DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. A FEW SHOWERS ARE LINGERING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW ISOLATED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN EAST- CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. ANY FURTHER PRECIPITATION IN THE TX/OK PANHANDLES TODAY WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER ANYTHING CAN DEVELOP FARTHER NORTH IN THE NM/CO MOUNTAINS AND DRIFT OUR WAY. ON AND OFF RAIN CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH THAT REMAINS STRETCHED FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE VICINITY OF THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. THIS TROUGH SHOULD BE PUSHED SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SOMETIME ON SATURDAY...AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE DIGGING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...HELPING TO FLATTEN THE SOUTHWEST RIDGE EVEN FURTHER AND BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE PANHANDLES. MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT AND FOR ITS POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AS IT PASSES THROUGH. HAVE INCREASED POPS DURING THE MONDAY/TUESDAY TIMEFRAME TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. THE LOWER- AND MID-LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY BY THIS TIME...BRINGING SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE UNDER AND AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE. THIS WILL CERTAINLY HELP THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO OUR WEST...AND MAY REQUIRE INCREASING POPS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS THIS PATTERN TAKES SHAPE. SINCE THIS ACTIVITY WILL ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON THE POSITION AND STRENGTH OF THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER TO OUR WEST AND THE TIMING OF SHORTWAVES AROUND IT...HAVE ONLY INCLUDED MENTION OF POPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NF/HL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 67 86 65 90 68 / 30 30 40 20 10 BEAVER OK 67 89 67 93 70 / 20 30 30 20 20 BOISE CITY OK 64 86 62 90 66 / 30 30 40 10 20 BORGER TX 69 90 68 92 71 / 30 30 30 20 10 BOYS RANCH TX 67 90 66 92 69 / 30 30 40 10 10 CANYON TX 67 87 65 91 67 / 30 30 40 20 10 CLARENDON TX 69 89 67 91 69 / 30 30 30 20 10 DALHART TX 65 88 64 92 66 / 30 30 40 10 10 GUYMON OK 67 88 66 93 69 / 30 30 30 10 20 HEREFORD TX 66 87 65 90 67 / 30 30 40 10 10 LIPSCOMB TX 67 89 67 91 71 / 20 30 30 20 20 PAMPA TX 67 87 65 89 68 / 30 30 30 20 20 SHAMROCK TX 69 90 67 91 70 / 30 30 30 20 20 WELLINGTON TX 71 91 69 93 72 / 30 30 30 20 10 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 08/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 401 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-030915- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 401 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. NF
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs and a dead tree were blown down near the Clear Lake area by thunderstorm winds. This is approximately 10 miles west-northwest of Slapout.
At 5:55 PM CDT, a 74 mph wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located 8 miles west of Slapout. Additional wind gusts of 67 mph occurred at 6:00 PM CDT.
Trees of 8 to 12 inches in diameter were downed and a power pole was broken just south of Midway Church approximately 8 miles north-northeast of Darrouzett.
Several high line power poles were downed on north-south road 153 a few miles south of Highway 412. This is approximately 7 miles west-southwest of Slapout.
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