central and eastern Texas Panhandle. however there were several reports of damage from the hail and thunderstorm 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 produced some hail along with damaging thunderstorm winds during the early evening hours across the western...southern...central and eastern Texas Panhandle. No injuries were reported...however there were several reports of damage from the hail and thunderstorm winds.
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 4, 5:20 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 620 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 .AVIATION... THE COMBINATION OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF THE AMARILLO TAF SITE ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TRACKING EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL THREE TAF SITES UNTIL AROUND 06Z TO 08Z THURSDAY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD EXCEPT IN AND NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WHERE IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST AND SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS THURSDAY AFTER 15Z. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 343 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010/ DISCUSSION... DETERMINING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/STORMS IN THE SHORT TERM CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS. BOUNDARY HAS JUST ABOUT PUSHED INTO THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EXPECT THIS FEATURE TO REMAIN IN THE VICINITY THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALL READY FORMED ALONG THE BOUNDARY JUST WEST OF FRIONA AND BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. LATEST MESOANALYSIS PAINTS SBCAPES OF ABOUT 1500 TO 2000 ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COUPLED WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS TODAY..EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. 12Z AMA RAOB DEPICTS AN INVERTED V SOUNDING...SO SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD POSE AN ISOLATED WIND GUST THREAT. FORECAST WRT TO THURSDAY HAS NOT CHANGED. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. EAST TO SOUTHEAST UPSLOPE WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUING. CONVECTION MAY BE AIDED TOMORROW NIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ATOP THE RIDGE...SO POPS WERE INCREASED A BIT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES. WITH UPSLOPE FLOW AND PRECIP CHANCES...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS SHOULD BE SEEN ON THURSDAY AND HAVE SIDED CLOSER TO THE MET NUMBERS AS OPPOSED TO THE WARMER MAV. LOW END POPS WERE RETAINED ON FRIDAY AS LINGERING EFFECTS FROM THE BOUNDARY MAY TRIGGER A FEW STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO REASSERT ITSELF ACROSS THE PANHANDLES FRIDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST. THIS WILL END PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH TEMPS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 90S TO NEAR 100 IN SOME SPOTS BY THE WEEKEND. LATEST GUIDANCE NUMBERS IN THE EXTENDED IN LINE WITH CURRENT FORECAST...SO NO SIGNIFICANT CHANCES WERE MADE TO THE GRIDS IN LATER PERIODS. FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/14
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 308 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-051100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 308 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 410 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 TXZ017-018-042215- RANDALL TX-ARMSTRONG TX- 410 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG AND RANDALL COUNTIES. AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF WAYSIDE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 501 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 TXZ017>019-042300- RANDALL TX-ARMSTRONG TX-DONLEY TX- 501 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR DONLEY...ARMSTRONG AND RANDALL COUNTIES. AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN HAPPY AND CLARENDON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF WAYSIDE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 537 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 TXZ001-006-042330- DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX- 537 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR HARTLEY AND DALLAM COUNTIES. AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 28 MILES WEST OF WARE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 627 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 TXZ001-006-050030- DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX- 627 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR HARTLEY AND DALLAM COUNTIES. AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported hail damage to the windows of her home southwest of Dalhart near U.S. Highway 54. No injuries were reported.
The public reported wind damage to her home southwest of Dalhart near U.S. Highway 54. The winds reportedly blew down a basketball hoop and a large trampoline in her yard had blown away. No injuries were reported.
The broadcast media reported that a tractor trailer rig had blown over on U.S. Highway 287 north of Amarillo at River Park Drive. No injuries were reported.
A trained spotter also reported tree limbs down in Boys Ranch...however the trained spotter could not estimate the size of the tree limb while he was driving. No injuries were reported.
Local law enforcement officials reported numerous power lines down due to thunderstorm winds from Channing to five miles north of Channing. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2010
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: 254911, 254912, 254915, 254913, 254916, 254914.