Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- July 31, 9:30 PM CST to 9:32 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 0.88 mi SW of Hooker
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 36.860, -101.230
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 31, 2010
Severe thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts across the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Severe thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts across the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.
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 Jul 31, 8:15 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 8:15 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 915 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 .UPDATE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WANED IN COVERAGE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EMANATING FROM CONVECTION IN SOUTHEAST CO. POPS REMAIN HIGHEST IN THE NORTHWEST HAVE HAVE REMOVED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER FOR THIS EVENING. POPS WERE ALSO TRIMMED BACK AFTER MIDNIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS NOT VERY STRONG AND MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY IS DIURNALLY FORCED. MIN TEMPS WERE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY WITH OTHER MODIFICATIONS MADE TO SUNDAY MAX TEMPS WHERE THE FORECAST WAS INCREASED 1 TO 2 DEGREES BASED ON THE ANTICIPATED TREND FROM TODAY/S OBSERVED TEMPS. THE UPDATED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. JOHNSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 534 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010/ AVIATION... STATIONARY FRONT LIES WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CB REMARKS IN THE DHT AND AMA TAF SITES TONIGHT AND MAY MENTION A PERIOD OF TSRA AT GUY THIS EVENING AS THEY STAND THE BEST CHANCE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTH AT THE DHT AND GUY TAF SITES BY LATE MORNING SUNDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT ALL TAF SITES. SKIES WILL REMAIN VFR OUTSIDE OF TSRA THROUGH THIS FORECAST. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010/ DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE REMNANTS OF THE COLD FRONT THAT STALLED ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS MORNING. THOUGH STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE STRENGTH...AMPLE MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT BRIEF YET STRONG UPDRAFTS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS. DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD BE A KEY FACTOR ON THE TIMING OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE EFFECTS OF THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS PERSISTED OVER THE REGION COULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ALSO...INCREASING SUBSIDENCE WILL INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. BY MID WEEK...FRONTAL FORCING MAY EDGE INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE... BRINGING BACK RAIN CHANCES TO THE FORECAST. EXISTING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD FOR TUESDAY NIGHT. SINCE DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT...WE DECIDED TO START THEM EARLIER ON TUESDAY OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WE ALSO CONSIDERED ADDING LOW POPS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT BUT WOULD PREFER TO SEE LESS DOMINANCE FROM THE RIDGE. NUNEZ FIRE WEATHER... WARMER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY RESULT IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 20 PERCENT. GIVEN THE LIGHTER WINDS... FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN LOW. NUNEZ && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 24/15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 8:28 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 928 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-011100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 928 PM CDT SAT JUL 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 31, 2010
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- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 31, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 31, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 31, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 31, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 31, 2010
- Hail in Montana, July 31, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 31, 2010
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: 249241.