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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 23, 2026Lipscomb County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2026, 8:08 AM CDT for Lipscomb County, Texas; Beaver County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 82 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2026, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Amarillo, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beaver County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 304 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 6:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 1:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
452 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ003-TXZ005-231015-
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
452 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN BEAVER AND NORTHEASTERN
LIPSCOMB COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

At 452 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Slapout, or 16 miles southeast of Beaver, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Follett and Slapout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3657 10034 3690 10046 3682 10032 3670 10000
      3629 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0952Z 250DEG 18KT 3671 10026

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Harrel

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 7:30 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:35 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	26 min
Jun 23, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	30 min
Jun 23, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	28 min
Jun 23, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	42 min
Jun 23, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	47 min
Jun 23, 5:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Lipscomb	49 min
Jun 23, 5:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	47 min
Jun 23, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	64 min
Jun 23, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb	16 min
Jun 23, 7:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	3 hr
Jun 23, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler	53 min
Jun 23, 9:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Hemphill, Wheeler	44 min
Jun 23, 9:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, Wheeler	61 min
Jun 23, 10:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	111 min
Jun 23, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Wheeler	63 min
Jun 23, 11:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Wheeler	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Collingsworth	48 min
Jun 23, 12:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Hemphill, Wheeler	119 min
Jun 23, 12:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	AMA	Lipscomb	67 min
Jun 23, 12:43 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	AMA	Randall	7 hr
Jun 23, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Oldham, Potter	45 min
Jun 23, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	63 min
Jun 23, 5:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Oldham, Potter	2 hr
Jun 23, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	44 min
Jun 23, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	AMA	Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall	65 min
Jun 23, 6:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Potter, Randall	61 min
Jun 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Lipscomb	54 min
Jun 23, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	AMA	Armstrong, Randall	62 min
Jun 23, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	46 min
Jun 23, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AMA	Beaver	34 min
Jun 23, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	23 min
Jun 23, 7:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	AMA	Beaver	4 hr
Jun 23, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	AMA	Beaver	40 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.