Thunderstorms brought wind and hail to portions of the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon and evening of the 3rd. Heavy rain accompanied these thunderstorms and resulted in isolated areas of minor flooding.
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Thunderstorms brought wind and hail to portions of the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon and evening of the 3rd. Heavy rain accompanied these thunderstorms and resulted in isolated areas of minor flooding.
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 Aug 3, 5:49 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
649 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...A COMPLEX OF TSTMS WAS ORGANIZING ACROSS NWRN
PARTS OF TX AND OK PNHDLS AS OF THIS WRITING. EXPECT THIS TREND TO
CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH TAF SITES POTENTIALLY IMPACTED. HAVE
RETAINED A MENTION OF TSTMS AT ALL TERMINAL SITES FOR A FEW HOURS
LATER THIS EVENING. DO NOT EXPECT TSTM DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE NEAR THE
TAF SITES TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
ANDRADE
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015/
DISCUSSION...
SITUATION CONTINUES TO SET UP FOR A HEAVY RAIN EVENT THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
ADVANCING INTO NORTHWEST PART OF FORECAST AREA EXPECTED TO INDUCE
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MID-LEVEL TROF. CURVATURE IN TIGHT 700 MB
CIRCULATION EXPECTED TO GENERATE VORTICITY LOBES WHICH WILL TRAVERSE
PANHANDLES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOWER LEVELS WILL BE
MOISTENED FURTHER BY DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF LOW-LEVEL JET
TONIGHT. ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS LIKELY TO MAKE A NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SUCH A
COMPLEX COULD TAKE ON A LINEAR STRUCTURE...WITH AN INCREASED THREAT
FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
DUE TO RECENT COPIOUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS
ISSUED EARLIER TODAY REMAINS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE FROM 4 PM TODAY
THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY. FULLY EXPECT TO CLEAR MOST OF AREA FROM WATCH
BY SUNRISE TUESDAY...BUT MAY STILL HAVE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN
EASTERN SECTIONS AFTER DAYBREAK.
OTHERWISE...MOSTLY UNEVENTFUL WEATHER EXPECTED. DRY FORECAST TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LOW POPS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS.
COCKRELL
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEAVER...CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 343 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-041115- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 343 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. HEAVY RAIN FROM SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE PANHANDLES BEGINNING AT 4 PM TODAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD DURING THIS TIME FRAME...ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE READY FOR LIMITED ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY ANY RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO. COCKRELL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 722 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 TXZ005-010-040100- HEMPHILL TX-LIPSCOMB TX- 722 PM CDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB AND NORTHERN HEMPHILL COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF GLAZIER...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANADIAN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LIPSCOMB... GLAZIER... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS... AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3616 10052 3629 10027 3603 10010 3593 10028 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 147DEG 7KT 3605 10025 BIEDA
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:37 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm chaser estimated a wind gust of 65 mph 13 miles northeast of Ware.
A wind gust of 65 mph was reported at the Conlen airport along the leading edge of a thunderstorm.
A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Booker.
Ping pong ball size hail was reported at Conlen Airport.
A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated by storm spotters.
The KVII Schoolnet weather station located in Sunray measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in 6 power poles being blown down approximately 2 to 3 miles south of Sunray on Highway 119.
Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in 9 power poles snapped near County Road 1060 and Highway 281.
The KVII Schoolnet site located 3 miles west-southwest of Dumas at the Moore County Airport measured a wind gust of 63 mph.
A wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Morse. The winds resulted in downed tree limbs.
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