High Wind, Potter
- When
- May 27, 1:17 AM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Texas, May 27, 2006
Non-thunderstorm wind gusts reported by an off-duty television meteorologist and also measured by the Amarillo Automated Surface Observing System at Rick Husband International Airport during the early morning hours. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Non-thunderstorm wind gusts reported by an off-duty television meteorologist and also measured by the Amarillo Automated Surface Observing System at Rick Husband International Airport during the early morning hours. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
What forecasters said that day
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 May 26, 2:13 PM CST, 11 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:13 PM CST, 11 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
313 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006
.DISCUSSION...
DRYLINE HAS BEEN SLOW TO MOVE EAST TODAY BUT HAS FINALLY PROGRESSED
TO A STRATFORD...TO DUMAS...TO ADRIAN LINE IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES.
A LINE OF CU CAN BE SEEN DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE THOUGH RADAR
INDICATES CONDITIONS ARE NOT YET ADEQUATE FOR DEEPER CONVECTION. THE
PROBLEM TODAY WILL AGAIN BE MOISTURE AVAILABILITY WITH ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. ANYTHING THAT GOES HAS THE CHANCE TO BE SEVERE
BUT THE ACTIVITY WILL BE TOO FEW TO WARRANT MUCH CONCERN.
THE BIGGEST FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH
THE ENTIRE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WINDS SHOULD BE A BIT HIGHER TOMORROW
THAN TODAY AND THE DRYLINE SHOULD PUSH ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE
EDGE OF THE CAPROCK THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES. LATEST GFS
HAS BACKED OFF SOME FROM THE WINDS FOR SATURDAY SO WILL LEAVE THE
FINAL DECISION FOR A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE MID SHIFT. SUNDAY LOOKS
TO BE ANOTHER FIRE DANGER RISK DAY BUT AGAIN WILL LEAVE TO LATER
SHIFTS IN CASE MODELS BACK OFF ON WIND SPEEDS.
GFS IS NOW TRYING TO BRING A FRONT INTO THE PANHANDLES. VERY
UNCERTAIN ABOUT THIS FEATURE GIVEN A LACK OF GOOD UPPER DYNAMICS BUT
THE ECMWF IS ALSO SHOWING THE FRONT IN THE AREA SO WENT AHEAD AND
BROUGHT IT IN...HOWEVER EVEN IF IT DOES COME THROUGH THERE WILL BE
LITTLE COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND SO KEPT HIGHS UP. THIS FORECAST
PACKAGE GENERALLY WENT ABOVE GFS GUIDANCE TILL THE END OF THE PERIOD
WHEN INCREASING DEWPOINTS MAY HELP KEEP TEMPS IN CHECK.
HENNIG
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX 65 94 61 93 / 20 0 0 0
BEAVER OK 68 98 63 98 / 20 0 0 0
BOISE CITY OK 60 93 56 94 / 20 0 0 0
BORGER TX 73 97 65 95 / 20 0 0 0
BOYS RANCH TX 65 98 60 97 / 20 0 0 0
CANYON TX 64 96 61 96 / 20 0 0 0
CLARENDON TX 69 96 65 95 / 20 0 0 0
DALHART TX 60 93 55 94 / 20 0 0 0
GUYMON OK 67 97 59 97 / 20 0 0 0
HEREFORD TX 63 96 59 95 / 20 0 0 0
LIPSCOMB TX 72 97 67 97 / 20 0 0 0
PAMPA TX 71 93 65 91 / 20 0 0 0
SHAMROCK TX 72 97 69 96 / 20 0 0 0
WELLINGTON TX 73 98 69 98 / 20 0 0 0
&&
.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CIMARRON...AND TEXAS.
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ARMSTRONG...CARSON...DALLAM...DEAF SMITH...
HANSFORD...HARTLEY...HUTCHINSON...MOORE...OLDHAM...POTTER...
RANDALL...AND SHERMAN.
&&
02/10Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 8:13 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 913 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-271100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 913 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP... ISOLATED STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...DRY GRASSES...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES TONIGHT DUE TO THE BREEZY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. AS A RESULT...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON SATURDAY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. NUNEZ
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Randall
- When
- May 27, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Nevada, May 27, 2006
- High Wind in Iowa, May 27, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 27, 2006
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 2006
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 27, 2006
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 27, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 27, 2006
- Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 27, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 27, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 27, 2006
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5505596, 5505597.