Severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds and large hail moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours. Severe thunderstorms also produced a tornado in the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle which caused extensive damage.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds and large hail moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours. Severe thunderstorms also produced a tornado in the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle which caused extensive damage. No injuries were reported however.
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 18, 4:54 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 554 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 .AVIATION... SHORT TERM AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. APPEARS KDHT AND KGUY ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THUNDER WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS SO INSERTED A VCTS GROUP. HOWEVER...RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THE STORMS ARE WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES SO NOT CONFIDENT TEMPO GROUPS FOR -TSRA WILL DEVELOP. ANTICIPATE IFR TO MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AFTER THE PRECIP DISSIPATES...WITH CIGS LIFTING AFTER 18 OR 19Z IF NOT SOONER. A FEW CLOUDS MAY LINGER DURING THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW...WITH CU REDEVELOPING NEAR THE END OF THE CURRENT TAF CYCLE. WINDS SHOULD GENLY REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTH EAST...AND INCREASE SOME TONIGHT AS THE LL JET INTENSIFIES. MAY THEN SEE A BRIEF WIND LUL NEAR SUNRISE. JJB && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008/ DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TREND OF UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR THE PANHANDLES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUS...MADE FEW CHANGES TO PREVIOUS PACKAGE AND BLENDED CLOSE WITH THE GFS AND NAM SOLUTIONS. WITH THAT IN MIND...UPPED POPS FOR THIS EVENING. PRECIP ALREADY MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CWA FROM CONVECTION DEVELOPING OFF THE ROCKIES...AND ANTICIPATE THE LARGE COMPLEX IN EASTERN COLORADO MOVING SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AND IMPACT THE EASTERN PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. MENTIONED SEVERE IN THE DAY 1 TIME FRAME...AND LEFT HIGH QPF VALUES ACROSS THE EAST FOR TONIGHT. MAIN SEVERE CONCERN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HAIL AND WINDS...BUT ISOLATED SUPER CELLS MAY AGAIN BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF UNSTABLE AIR AND STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. TUCUMCARI PROFILER SHOWING WINDS TRYING TO BACK IN THE LL EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY...ALTHOUGH 18Z AMARILLO SOUNDING SHOWED WEAK LL WINDS AND A WEAK CAP IN PLACE. DO NOT ANTICIPATE CAPPING TO BE AN ISSUE AS AIRMASS CONTINUES TO WARM...AND THINKING THE LL JET INCREASING AGAIN TONIGHT. NOTICED MODELS KEEP A MILD EARLY MORNING DRYING TREND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS BY DROPPING DEW POINT 5 TO 10 DEGREES FROM AFTERNOON HIGHS. PLUS WIND SPEEDS SHOULD GENERALLY DECREASE DURING THE EARLY MORNING AS THE INVERSION DEVELOPS. SO FELT GUIDANCE WAS RUNNING A FEW DEGREES TO WARM ON MORNING LOWS...SO ADJUSTED APPROPRIATELY. COULD NOT IDENTIFY ONE ABSOLUTELY DRY DAY THROUGH MONDAY SO FELT SOME POPS WERE WARRANTED EACH DAY UNTIL THE RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD FURTHER EAST TUESDAY AND FORCES PRICIP NORTH AND EAST OF THE PANHANDLES. AT THE SAME TIME...APPEARS ANY OF THE DEVELOPING STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOIST UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ONCE THE RIDGE BUILDS MORE OVER THE PANHANDLES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THINKING TEMPS WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GFS INDICATES 850MB TEMPS WILL RISE INTO THE 30 TO 35C RANGE...WITH A 594 UPPER HIGH PARKS OVER THE PANHANDLES. THIS WOULD SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO EVEN A FEW 100 DEGREES...BUT WITH THE MOISTURE STILL SEEMINGLY IN PLACE...THINKING THE TRIPLE DIGITS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE. SO GENERALLY STAYED IN THE UPPER 90S. JJB FIRE WEATHER... FEW FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THE WEEK...WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING THE ONLY FIRE WEATHER ISSUE. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 14/14
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 357 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-191100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 357 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 570 UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE CIMARRON AND TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING GIVEN THE FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES. ALSO...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL REQUIRE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH SUNDAY...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. NUNEZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 509 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 OKZ001-182245- CIMARRON OK- 509 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CIMARRON COUNTY... AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK MESA PARK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CIMARRON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOISE CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 526 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 TXZ001-006-182300- DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX- 526 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN DALLAM AND NORTHERN HARTLEY COUNTIES... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF WARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN DALLAM AND NORTHERN HARTLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF DALHART...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY... LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 549 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 TXZ001-002-006-007-182315- DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-SHERMAN TX- 549 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN DALLAM...HARTLEY...WESTERN MOORE AND SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES... AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DALHART AND NEAR HARTLEY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. UP TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN DALLAM...HARTLEY...WESTERN MOORE AND SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DALHART AND DUMAS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
702 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND GST HARTLEY 35.89N 102.40W
06/18/2008 E60 MPH HARTLEY TX BROADCAST MEDIA
DIME SIZE HAIL
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EVENT NUMBER 00615
LGSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 718 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 OKZ003-190115- BEAVER OK- 718 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN BEAVER COUNTY... AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF FLORIS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN BEAVER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BEAVER...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
734 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0733 PM HAIL 2 N CHANNING 35.71N 102.33W
06/18/2008 E1.00 INCH HARTLEY TX BROADCAST MEDIA
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EVENT NUMBER 00616
CKThe Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The high winds blew down some power lines.
The tornado start and end times were estimated. The tornado touched down at approximately 2000 CST about six miles northwest of Bryans Corner and traveled south southeast across U.S. Highway 412 and Oklahoma State Highway 3. The Emergency Manager reported significant damage on the west side of U.S. Highway 83 and the north and south side of Oklahoma State Highway 3. The tornado knocked down thirty-five power poles and caused extensive damage to a large framed metal barn. The tornado also lifted a twenty-four foot aluminum stock trailer airborne and moved it one hundred yards. The trailer weighed approximately four thousand pounds. A residence also lost the back side and and the east half of their roof and another residence lost an outbuilding. No injuries were reported. The tornado finally dissipated at approximately 2015 CST seven miles south of Bryans Corner.
The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported that two carports were destroyed...one roof of a mobile home was damaged...and eight other mobile homes received lesser damage. Emergency Management trained spotters estimated the wind gusts to be between sixty and seventy knots.
The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported that power lines were blown down.
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