Snowfall totals for Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, according to the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas
********************SNOW TOTAL SNOWFALL***************************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
OKLAHOMA
…CIMARRON COUNTY…
BOISE CITY 1.0 121 AM 10/27 SHERIFF OFFICE
…TEXAS COUNTY…
GUYMON 1.0 114 AM 10/27 OK HIGHWAY PTRL
TEXAS
…ARMSTRONG COUNTY…
CLAUDE T 654 AM 10/27 SHERIFF OFFICE
…CARSON COUNTY…
PANHANDLE 1.0 657 AM 10/27 SHERIFF OFFICE
…DEAF SMITH COUNTY…
2 N HEREFORD 2.0 745 AM 10/27 EMERGENCY MNGR
HEREFORD 1.0 744 AM 10/27 EMERGENCY MNGR
…GRAY COUNTY…
PAMPA T 530 AM 10/27 SHERIFF OFFICE
…OLDHAM COUNTY…
VEGA T 538 AM 10/27 SHERIFF OFFICE
…POTTER COUNTY…
7 ENE AMARILLO 2.5 700 AM 10/27 NWS OFFICE
…RANDALL COUNTY…
9 SW AMARILLO 2.0 739 AM 10/27 EMERGENCY MNGR
5 SW AMARILLO 1.5 621 AM 10/27 TRAINED SPOTTER
Updated rainfall amounts for some Oklahoma Mesonet weather network stations since midnight
As of 8 a.m.
Hobart – 1.25 inches of rain
Fort Cobb – 1.03 inches
Mangum – .98
Minco – .90
Hollis – .89
Oklahoma City East – .87
Altus – .85
Snow at Guymon overnight
I spoke with the National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas Forecast Office who said they received a report of about 1 inch of snow by 1 a.m. at Guymon and maybe about an inch since.
Harold Tyson, the Texas County Emergency Management director based at Guymon, said most of the snow was melting as it fell. The good news is, they like some others areas of the state are receiving at least a little precipitation.
Rainfall since midnight at some Oklahoma Mesonet weather network stations
As of 7:40 a.m.
Hobart – 1.18 inches of rain
Fort Cobb – 1.01 inches
Mangum – .93 inches
Minco – .89 inches
Hollis .88 inches
Oklahoma City East – .86 inches
Altus – .83 inches
Spencer – .78 inches
FYI: Amarillo, Texas, 2.5 inches of snow
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A FEW ISOLATED
STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA… THE RAINFALL
WILL BE SPOTTY. THE WET WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO. RAINFALL RATES WILL
AVERAGE AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS AN HOUR WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID MORNING WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 40S ACROSS
THE REGION.
Snow in forecast for Oklahoma Panhandle, National Weather Service
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION…
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
WED OCT 26 2011
BEST TIME FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW STILL APPEARS TO BE
FROM MIDNIGHT TO 7 AM WITH THE BEST AREA ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. HOWEVER…NAM CONTINUES TO HINT AT THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL BANDS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ANYWHERE
ACROSS THE PANHANDLES INTO THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS. THIS APPEARS TO
BE A RESULT OF SOME FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AND ELEVATED
INSTABILITY…BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT EVEN
BEING 6 TO 12 HOURS OUT FROM THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. OPTED TO
KEEP SNOWFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY CLOSER TO 1 INCH FOR NOW BUT WOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME ISOLATED BANDS PRODUCING TOTALS
APPROACHING 2 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO
BE ON TRACK AS WELL FOR AREAS WEST OF A CANYON, TEXAS TO GUYMON, OKLAHOMA LINE TO SEE
A FREEZE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE
REGION.
Short-term forecast from the National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THIS MORNINGS COLD FRONT WAS CURRENTLY STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA… PRODUCING GUSTY NORTH WINDS ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A POST FRONTAL MID LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WAS PRODUCING SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WITH A FEW WEAK
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO FAR
SOUTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE… CURRENTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES… WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR AREA LATER ON THIS
EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS…
AND EVENTUALLY SPREAD INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS THE EVENING
PROGRESSES. ALTHOUGH OUR ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STABLE
ENOUGH TO INHIBIT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY… IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT A FEW ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE EMBEDDED IN THE SHOWERS.
THE RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT… AS
COOLER AIR CONTINUES SPREADING IN FROM OUR NORTH.
Hazardous weather outlook for the National Weather Service, Norman Forecast Office coverage area
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1153 AM CDT WED OCT 26 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH ALL BUT SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY
MORNING… AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF AREA BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING. RELATIVELY MOIST AIR WILL EXIST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT… BUT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE
PARTICULARLY STRONG. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON… BUT ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD REMAIN WELL BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS.
LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE TONIGHT
AS A FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY… WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER POSSIBLE
MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. INSTABILITY WILL BE MINIMAL… AND
SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY OCT 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…10 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE REGION… A FEW LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY… MAINLY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
AS SKIES CLEAR AND WINDS DECREASE…SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE A
LIGHT FREEZE OR A FROST IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.
FYI for World Series baseball fans: Forecast for Wednesday in St. Louis
Texas Rangers at St. Louis Cardinals, Game 6, World Series
Forecast for St. Louis for Wednesday:
Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Temperature falling to around 55 by 5pm. North wind between 8 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tonight: Occasional rain. Low around 44. North wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
