A strong cold front moved southward across the area bringing a period of strong northerly winds. The only location to experience a wind gust over 58 mph was Dalhart.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved southward across the area bringing a period of strong northerly winds. The only location to experience a wind gust over 58 mph was Dalhart. A wind gust of 61 mph was measured at Dalhart airport at 8:13 PM CST. Most other locations experienced only a brief period of 30 to 40 mph winds with gusts to around 50 mph.
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 Feb 20, 5:52 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
552 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THRU THE AREA THIS EVENING.
MVFR CIGS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AT ALL TAF SITES LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW EXISTS AT KGUY AND
PSBLY KDHT LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT THOSE TWO SITES WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. A GREATER
THREAT OF SNOW EXISTS AT ALL TERMINAL LOCATIONS JUST BEYOND THIS FCST
CYCLE.
ANDRADE
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 258 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015/
DISCUSSION...
FORECAST PREPARED BY EARLIER SHIFT LOOKS TO BE WELL ON TRACK WITH
ONLY A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE. MAIN EMPHASIS OF THIS
FORECAST REMAINS SNOW AMOUNTS AND TIMING THIS WEEKEND.
COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING.
HAVE RETAINED SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN SECTIONS ALONG FRONTAL SURFACE. HAVE REMOVED POPS AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING IN NORTHWEST AND
NORTHERN PARTS OF FORECAST AREA AS INITIAL VORTICITY MAXIMUM
ARRIVES. BY SATURDAY EVENING...PASSAGE OF STRONGER DISTURBANCE AND
INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD PROVIDE PANHANDLES WITH VERY GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR SNOW.
DEEP MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW CONTINUES SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
MOST FAVORABLE DYNAMICS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS. LIGHT
SNOW MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY...BUT LOSS OF UPSLOPE FLOW SHOULD
PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS.
SNOW TOTALS FORECAST REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED. NORTHWEST PART OF
FORECAST AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH 2 TO 4
INCHES MORE LIKELY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NARA VISA
TO BEAVER.
FORTUNATELY...EXCESSIVE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. STILL...WIND CHILL
VALUES IN THE ZERO TO 10 BELOW RANGE ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY HIGHS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. MODEST
RECOVERY EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. COLDER CONDITIONS AND
MORE CHANCES FOR SNOW THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY NIGHT/S
COLD FRONT. 03
FIRE WEATHER...
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MUCH COLDER AIR...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
REMAIN WELL ABOVE THRESHOLDS FOR ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. 03
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DALLAM...HARTLEY...MOORE...
SHERMAN.
OK...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON...TEXAS.
&&
02/99HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 302 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-211200- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 302 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS...POSSIBLY OVER 6 INCHES...WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE ZERO TO MINUS TEN DEGREE RANGE. ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS SHOULD REVIEW SNOW MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES AND BE READY TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO. COCKRELL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A non-thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured by weather observing equipment at the Dalhart airport at 8:13 PM CST. No damage was reported. This occurred as winds increased briefly behind a cold front that passed through.
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