and flash flooding during the early evening hours. Another severe thunderstorm in the southwestern Texas Panhandle produced damaging winds.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 northern and central Texas Panhandle produced hail...damaging winds...and flash flooding during the early evening hours. Another severe thunderstorm in the southwestern Texas Panhandle produced damaging winds. No 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 Sep 19, 5:41 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 641 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 .AVIATION... STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLES WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE GUYMON AND AMARILLO TAF SITES THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE DALHART TAF SITE MAY STILL SEE SOME CONVECTION BUT CONFIDENCE IS RATHER LOW. VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OUTSIDE THE CONVECTION...WITH MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR THE STORMS. SOME LOW CLOUDS AND AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BRIEFLY RESULTING IN IFR CONDITIONS...BUT CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 234 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007/ DISCUSSION... GIVEN RELATIVELY UNCAPPED ENVIRONMENT WITH DEEP PERSISTENT MOISTURE... IT APPEARS DAYTIME HEATING WILL RELEASE A GOOD DEAL OF INSTABILITY OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...SFC TROF OR PSEUDO DRYLINE STRUCTURE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE COULD ALLOW FOR STORMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE WESTERN ZONES AS WELL. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO SCT COVERAGE FOR THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE REDUCING TO ISOLD FOR POST MIDNIGHT HOURS. CONTINUING POPS THROUGH THE EVENING SEEMED PRUDENT GIVEN STORMS THAT INITIATED EARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER RIDGE EDGES WEST TOMORROW...AND MAY DECREASE PRECIP CHANCES FOR EASTERN ZONES. HOWEVER...SFC TROF STILL EXPECTED TO BE ALIVE AND KICKING IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO...AND STEERING FLOW SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ZONES. HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THURS AFTN AND EVENING. FRIDAY...RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE MUCH OF AREA WHILE CLOSED UPPER LOW SITUATES OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WITH STEERING FLOW ACQUIRING A MORE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT...STORMS MAY HAVE A MORE DIFFICULT TIME MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLES. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FRI EVNG FOR WESTERN PANHANDLES ONLY...ALTHOUGH WILL NEED TO MONITOR POSITION OF QUASISTATIONARY FRONT THAT WILL ENCROACH ON THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES AREA. CLOSED LOW STILL EXPECTED TO EJECT IN PIECES WITH MEAN TROF LINGERING OVER ROCKIES THROUGH MONDAY. HAVE RETAINED INHERITED POPS FOR SAT THRU MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY EXITS...AND A FRONT PUSHES INTO THE PANHANDLES. MODEL CONSISTENCY IN TIMING AND STRENGTH OF FRONT IS STILL POOR...SO WITH THIS PACKAGE HAVE OPTED FOR SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE TIMING GIVEN DEPARTING WAVE. 00Z MEXMOS VALUES WERE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH CURRENT METEOROLOGICAL REASONING...AND WERE GENLY FOLLOWED. KRAMAR && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/14
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 236 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-201100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 236 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW COULD BRING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 345 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 TXZ009-192145- ROBERTS TX- 345 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY... AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 446 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 TXZ004-192230- OCHILTREE TX- 446 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTY... AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF FARNSWORTH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 530 PM INCLUDE CENTRAL PARTS OF OCHILTREE COUNTY. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KIMBLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 501 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 TXZ020-192300- COLLINGSWORTH TX- 501 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF QUAIL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN COLLINGSWORTH COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 529 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 TXZ016-017-192330- DEAF SMITH TX-RANDALL TX- 529 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH AND WEST CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTIES... AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF HEREFORD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH AND WEST CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CANYON AND HEREFORD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 604 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 TXZ007-012-200000- MOORE TX-POTTER TX- 604 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTIES... AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MASTERSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 621 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 TXZ012-017-200000- POTTER TX-RANDALL TX- 621 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN RANDALL AND SOUTHERN POTTER COUNTIES... AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMARILLO WHICH HAS PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS FEATURE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CITIES OF AMARILLO AND CANYON. KIMBLE
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Emergency Manager in Moore County confirmed that six telephone poles were snapped...all pointing to the northeast. This occurred just west of Farm to Market Road 1060 on State Highway 152 in eastern Moore County. No injuries were reported.
Reported along Farm to Market Road 520.
Eighty-foot power poles were destroyed by high winds along U.S. Highway 60 just southwest of Hereford. The time of the damage was estimated based on radar and the wind speed was also estimated.
Some tree branches were reported broken by the high winds and several items were relocated on the property of the owner. The time of the report was estimated...but did occur just prior to 1830 CST.
Eight to twelve inches of fast flowing water was reported over County Road E. No damage or injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 54157, 54161, 54158, 54195, 54160, 54156.