If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >
Pampa, TX Declared StormReady Community |
During the first ever National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, NWS Amarillo is leading communities in the Weather-Ready Nation effort. As part of this effort, Pama, TX officially became a StormReady community during a ceremony on April 24, 2012. Being recognized as StormReady, residents of Pampa will now be better prepared when events like the June 8, 1995 Pampa tornado occur again. StormReady, a voluntary program, is designed to help communities take a proactive approach to the kinds of severe weather that affect their area by improving local hazardous weather operations and heightening public awareness. Communities work with the local National Weather Service office and state and local emergency managers to become StormReady. The goal of achieving StormReady status is to increase the chances of local citizens surviving a tornado, hurricane, flash flood, tsunami, or any other type of severe weather that threatens their area of the country. Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are the primary focus of the Amarillo StormReady program. |
Pictured here (L-R) are Mayor Brad Pingel, Emergency Management Coordinator Fred Courtney, City Manager Richard Morris, and NWS Amarillo Meteorologist-in-Charge Jose Garcia. |
NWS Amarillo Meteorologist-in-Charge Jose Garcia and Pampa Emergency Management Coordinator Fred Courtney. |