A severe thunderstorm over the northwest Texas panhandle during the early evening hours produced a brief landspout tornado.
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A severe thunderstorm over the northwest Texas panhandle during the early evening hours produced a brief landspout tornado.
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 Jun 25, 2:23 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 323 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYTIME HEATING HAS TRIGGERED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN CWA. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE PAST 24 HRS BUT BUOYANT ENERGY IS NOT QUITE AS DEVELOPED AS BEFORE. LOCALIZED SHOWER AMOUNTS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT WHERE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING. THE POP STRUCTURE LOOKS GOOD FOR THE NEAR TERM AS THE EMPHASIS IS ON FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE PANHANDLES. DRIER AIR COULD ENCROACH FROM THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AS THE FIRST TROUGH OF THE PERIOD SWINGS THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. WINDS WERE TWEAKED TO REFLECT A MORE NORTHEASTERLY TREND THROUGH MONDAY. LOWER TEMPERATURES AND LESS MOISTURE SHOULD LOWER STORM CHANCES FOR THE AREA MONDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL START TO PRESS TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND TURN THE GENERAL FLOW OVER THE PANHANDLES MORE TO THE NORTH. ANY MOUNTAIN STORMS SHOULD TEND TO MOVE IN A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION DURING THE EASILY WEEK. ONCE AGAIN...THE POP STRUCTURE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS POINT WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS DURING THE EARLY WEEK. AT MIDWEEK...A SECOND TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY AND COULD ONCE AGAIN BRING DRIER CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA. THE OVERALL POP TREND REFLECTS THIS CHANGE. NO FURTHER REFINEMENTS WERE NEEDED AT THIS POINT UNTIL THE MOVEMENT OF THESE SYSTEMS BECOMES CLEARER. OVERALL...JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES WERE NEEDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 56 83 57 83 / 30 10 20 20 BEAVER OK 55 83 56 87 / 10 10 10 20 BOISE CITY OK 54 79 56 82 / 30 10 20 20 BORGER TX 62 85 63 87 / 20 10 20 20 BOYS RANCH TX 58 83 59 84 / 30 10 20 20 CANYON TX 57 84 55 82 / 30 10 20 20 CLARENDON TX 58 84 59 84 / 20 10 10 20 DALHART TX 54 81 55 83 / 40 10 20 20 GUYMON OK 54 83 57 87 / 20 10 20 20 HEREFORD TX 55 83 55 81 / 40 10 20 20 LIPSCOMB TX 54 83 56 87 / 10 10 10 20 PAMPA TX 59 82 62 84 / 20 10 10 20 SHAMROCK TX 59 87 59 90 / 10 10 10 20 WELLINGTON TX 60 86 61 90 / 10 10 10 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 14/21
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-261100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BROST
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 508 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 TXZ001-006-252300- DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX- 508 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DALLAM AND HARTLEY COUNTIES... AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 540 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 TXZ006-252330- HARTLEY TX- 540 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HARTLEY COUNTY... AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROMERO MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. HAIL ACCUMULATED 3 INCHES DEEP WEST OF DALHART WITH THIS STORM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LG
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The small tornado was on the ground for less than a minute and remained over open country. No damage and no injuries were reported. The path length and path width were estimated.
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