and flash flooding. No damage or injuries were reported.
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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.
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms across the south central Texas panhandle during the evening hours produced large hail...high winds...and flash flooding. No damage or injuries were reported.
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 Oct 10, 2:52 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 352 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... UPPER RIDGE TO REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL CONUS...BUT A SHORTWAVE TROF EMBEDDED IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW SCT TSRA TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SFC TROF IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO...WHERE MOISTURE HAS INCREASED TODAY. THESE STORMS MAY INVADE THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT...BUT STRONGER CAPPING IN EASTERN ZONES SHOULD PRECLUDE STORMS REACHING FOR EASTERN AREAS. AS SUCH...HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WESTERN THIRD FOR TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...HAVE NOT INCLUDED POPS FOR THURSDAY...BUT GIVEN SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO TODAY...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR A REPEAT PERFORMANCE IN THE WESTERN ZONES. HAVE INCREASED POPS THESE LOCATIONS...BUT NOT TO MENTIONABLE VALUES. FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO SOUTHWESTERLY BY SATURDAY AS RIDGE TRANSLATES EAST. DURING THIS TRANSITION...SHORTWAVE TROF ON FRIDAY COULD AID IN STORM FORMATION ALONG THE SFC TROF IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES...WITH STORMS MOVING INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EASTERN ZONES FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GFS AND ECMWF APPEAR SOMEWHAT IN AGREEMENT OVER TRACK OF UPPER SYSTEM MOVING OVER EASTERN COLORADO...BUT GFS ENSEMBLE STILL EXHIBITS WIDE SPECTRUM OF PATHS...WITH SEVERAL RUNS TAKING THE LOW A BIT FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. DESPITE THIS UNCERTAINTY... ENOUGH OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD GRAZE THE AREA ON SATURDAY EVENING TO ALLOW FOR STORMS. HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT BUT TRIMMED THE SOUTHWESTERN ZONES ON SUNDAY AS SYSTEM SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT OUT. FRONT PUSHES THROUGH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DRY FORECAST THEREAFTER AS MOISTURE ERODED AMPLY BY THE FRONT. MAXIMA FOLLOWED MEXMOS IN MOST PERIODS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SATURDAY...WHERE VALUES WERE LOWERED BY A COUPLE DEGREES AS HEIGHTS FALL AHEAD OF MAIN SYSTEM...AND WERE INCREASED ON SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES...WHERE FRONT WILL NOT HAVE PENETRATED BY AFTERNOON. MINIMA WERE LOWERED IN THE USUAL COOL SPOTS...BUT GENERALLY FOLLOWED MEXMOS. && .FIRE WEATHER... WINDS WILL BE QUITE AMPLE ON SATURDAY AS SFC TROF DEEPENS IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING MAIN UPPER LOW. HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG WARNING...BUT MAY DROP TO NEAR 20 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS PERIOD AS TIME NEARS. KRAMAR && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 55 83 55 83 59 / 20 5 5 10 10 BEAVER OK 48 79 52 79 58 / 10 5 5 20 20 BOISE CITY OK 51 81 49 79 53 / 20 5 10 10 10 BORGER TX 53 85 54 85 59 / 10 5 5 10 10 BOYS RANCH TX 56 84 53 84 58 / 20 5 10 10 10 CANYON TX 55 83 55 84 59 / 20 5 5 10 10 CLARENDON TX 51 82 56 83 60 / 10 5 5 20 20 DALHART TX 53 82 50 82 54 / 20 5 10 10 10 GUYMON OK 49 81 50 79 55 / 20 5 5 10 10 HEREFORD TX 55 84 53 84 58 / 20 5 10 10 10 LIPSCOMB TX 47 79 52 79 58 / 5 5 5 20 20 PAMPA TX 51 82 54 82 59 / 10 5 5 20 20 SHAMROCK TX 48 81 55 81 60 / 5 5 5 20 20 WELLINGTON TX 50 82 56 82 60 / 5 5 5 20 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. &&
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 238 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 238 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ANY STORMS THAT FORM SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. BREEZY CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY COULD ALSO RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 544 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 TXZ016-102330- DEAF SMITH TX- 544 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY... AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF HEREFORD MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...TOWARD DAWN. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 558 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 TXZ012-102345- POTTER TX- 558 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTY... AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY DE ORO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
615 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2007
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E BUSHLAND 35.19N 102.05W
10/10/2007 E65 MPH POTTER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO 70 MPH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00003
JOHNSONThe Amarillo radar (KAMA), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:15 UTC.
18 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Reported near Hope Road and Interstate 40 about eight miles west of Amarillo.
Hail accumulated on the ground near the Wal-Mart at Tascosa Road about six miles west northwest of Amarillo.
Hail reported in the San Jacinto area.
Reported near Amarillo Boulevard and McMasters Street.
Hail reported in Pleasant Valley about four miles north of Amarillo.
Hail reported at Amarillo Boulevard and Western Street.
Reported at NE 24th Avenue and Grand Street about four miles north northeast of Amarillo.
Hail reported near Mesa Verde Elementary school.
Hail reported between W Colorado Avenue and Loop 335 about four miles north of Amarillo.
Time of the hail was estimated. Reported nine miles west southwest of Lake Meredith.
Reported five miles north of Amarillo.
Hail reported in Chaparral Hills about six miles north northwest of Amarillo.
Hail reported at Broadway Drive and Cherry Avenue about seven miles north of Amarillo.
Hail reported at Loop 335 and the Fritch Highway (State Highway 136) about seven miles northeast of Amarillo.
Reported at Lakeside Street and Loop 335 about seven miles northeast of Amarillo.
Hail reported at Lakeside Street and Loop 335 about seven miles northeast of Amarillo.
Hail reported at Lakeside Drive and Interstate 40 about five miles east of Amarillo.
Reported at the FAA Tower at Rick Husband International Airport.
Reported waist deep water at Bell Street and Hillside Road in southwest Amarillo and that high water rescues were in progress.
Reported waist deep water at a restaurant on Coulter Street south of 45th Avenue in southwest Amarillo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2007
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: 63684, 63685, 63686, 63687, 63688, 63689, 63690, 63691, 63692, 63693, 63694, 63696, 63697, 63698, 63699, 63700, 63701, 63702, 63682, 63683.