Thunderstorm Wind, Potter
- When
- August 10, 2:14 PM CST to 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 7 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.272, -101.908
Damaging Wind in Texas, August 10, 2010
A severe thunderstorm during the afternoon hours produced strong thunderstorm wind gusts across the south central Texas Panhandle. No damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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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.
A severe thunderstorm during the afternoon hours produced strong thunderstorm wind gusts across the south central Texas Panhandle. 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 Aug 10, 2:14 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:14 PM CST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 314 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED STORMS HAVE INITIATED IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA. THE MAIN FOCUS SHOULD BE IN THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ALONG A BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM AROUND DALHART TO GUYMON. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FORM THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE FLOW IS RATHER WEAK AND THE MAIN IMPACT SHOULD BE HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. BY TUESDAY...THE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILDING BACK TO THE WEST OVER THE PANHANDLES AND SHOULD INCREASE STABILITY. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM SHOULD BE ISOLATED DUE TO LACK OF A STRONG FOCUSING BOUNDARY. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE TEMPERATURES. THE WARMEST DAYS CONTINUE TO BE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE MODELS GENERALLY PAINT A DRY PICTURE THROUGH MIDWEEK. ATTENTION TURNS TO A COLD FRONT LATE THURSDAY WHICH IS PUSHED INTO THE AREA BY A DISTURBANCE PASSING THROUGH IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY PUSH THROUGH THE PANHANDLES AND SWING WINDS AROUND TO A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION CREATING UPSLOPE FLOW. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT AND WELL INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE BOUNDARY LINGERS. LOOKING OUT TO EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE RAIN ACTIVITY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE NORTHEAST MAINTAINS AN EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE FLOW. WYNNE && .FIRE WEATHER... FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN AT MINIMUM LEVELS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS COULD DROP TO NEAR 20 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES...BUT WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. WYNNE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 67 97 69 98 68 / 20 5 10 5 10 BEAVER OK 69 103 69 104 71 / 30 5 10 5 20 BOISE CITY OK 65 98 65 98 66 / 40 10 20 10 20 BORGER TX 72 102 73 103 73 / 20 5 10 5 10 BOYS RANCH TX 67 100 68 102 67 / 30 5 20 5 10 CANYON TX 66 97 68 98 67 / 20 5 10 5 10 CLARENDON TX 69 98 71 99 71 / 20 10 10 5 5 DALHART TX 62 99 64 100 64 / 40 10 20 5 20 GUYMON OK 67 102 68 103 68 / 30 5 10 5 20 HEREFORD TX 65 96 66 97 66 / 20 5 10 5 10 LIPSCOMB TX 70 102 70 103 71 / 20 5 10 5 10 PAMPA TX 68 98 70 99 70 / 20 5 10 5 10 SHAMROCK TX 70 100 71 101 71 / 20 10 5 5 5 WELLINGTON TX 71 101 72 102 73 / 20 10 5 5 5 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 06/21
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 3:46 AM CST, 10 hours 28 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 446 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-102100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 446 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DRILLETTE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:08 PM CST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 308 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 TXZ011-012-016-017-102100- OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-DEAF SMITH TX- 308 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR DEAF SMITH... RANDALL...POTTER AND OLDHAM COUNTIES. AT 302 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM VEGA TO JUST NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS TO 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:13 PM CST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 313 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 TXZ003-004-008-009-102115- HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX-HUTCHINSON TX- 313 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR HUTCHINSON... ROBERTS...OCHILTREE AND HANSFORD COUNTIES. AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SPEARMAN TO STINNETT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SP
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 10 to 12, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 10, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 10, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in North Dakota, August 10 to 11, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, August 10 to 13, 2010
- Flood in Iowa, August 10 to 16, 2010
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 10, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 10, 2010
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 10, 2010
- Flash Flood in Illinois, August 10, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 10 to 11, 2010
- Heat in Kentucky, August 10, 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: 254907.