Thunderstorms moved across mainly the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening of the 18th. Locally heavy rain and strong wind gusts occurred.
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Thunderstorms moved across mainly the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening of the 18th. Locally heavy rain and strong wind gusts occurred. Only one instance of severe weather was reported. A 64 mph wind gust occurred just south of Quail in Collingsworth County.
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 Sep 18, 5:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 647 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SFC COLD FRONT IS WELL SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES WITH GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS IN ITS WAKE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION THREAT SHOULD REMAIN EAST AND SOUTH OF ALL TERMINAL LOCATIONS IN THE FCST AREA. SOME CONCERN FOR LOW CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...SOME INTRUSION OF DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTH MAY PRECLUDE LOW CIGS. THEREFORE...HAVE COMPROMISED FOR THIS ISSUANCE. ANDRADE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT IS LYING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME. LINE OF CUMULUS CLOUDS SEEN ON VISIBLE SATELLITE ATTESTS TO CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. UPSLOPE FLOW AND ISENTROPIC LIFT PATTERN EXPECTED TO KEEP CLOUDS OVERHEAD ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY. HAVE RETAINED LOW POPS FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS ONLY. MOISTURE RETURN RESUMES SATURDAY NIGHT WITH POPS CONFINED TO MAINLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LATER PERIODS KEPT DRY. COCKRELL && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 329 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 329 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COMBINED PANHANDLES. A STORM OR TWO MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. COCKRELL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 459 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 TXZ015-182245- WHEELER TX- 459 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 457 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TWITTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SHAMROCK...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHAMROCK...LELA AND TWITTY. 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. LAT...LON 3520 10053 3534 10053 3550 10000 3520 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 290DEG 34KT 3530 10025 ANDRADE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 543 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 TXZ019-182330- DONLEY TX- 543 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DONLEY COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 541 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF HOWARDWICK...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CLARENDON... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HOWARDWICK AND GREENBELT LAKE. 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. LAT...LON 3502 10104 3516 10091 3515 10054 3483 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 286DEG 24KT 3504 10073 ANDRADE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
632 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
TXZ019-020-190015-
COLLINGSWORTH TX-DONLEY TX-
632 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COLLINGSWORTH AND EASTERN DONLEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF HEDLEY...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MEMPHIS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLINGTON...HEDLEY...LUTIE...DOZIER...QUAIL AND SAMNORWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 10009 3475 10056 3488 10071 3512 10068
3508 10000 3487 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 301DEG 18KT 3496 10057
NFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 635 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 TXZ014-015-019-020-190015- COLLINGSWORTH TX-WHEELER TX-GRAY TX-DONLEY TX- 635 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHEELER...NORTHERN COLLINGSWORTH...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND NORTHEASTERN DONLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 634 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MCLEAN...OR 21 MILES WEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHAMROCK...WHEELER...MCLEAN...LELA...TWITTY...ALANREED AND KELLERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. 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. && LAT...LON 3511 10069 3528 10078 3556 10026 3508 10007 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 245DEG 15KT 3521 10063 NF
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A KVII Schoolnet site located 4 miles south of Quail at Buck Creek Ranch measured a wind gust of 64 mph.
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