High Wind, Randall
- When
- June 17, 8:04 PM CST to 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Texas, June 17, 2010
A tight pressure gradient during the evening hours caused strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts across the southwest and south central Texas Panhandle. however no injuries were reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 tight pressure gradient during the evening hours caused strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts across the southwest and south central Texas Panhandle. These winds did cause some damage...however no injuries were reported.
At 2004 CST...a non-thunderstorm wind gust of fifty knots was measured by the broadcast media three miles northwest of Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
At 2200 CST...non-thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at fifty-six knots knocked down trees and power poles in and around Hereford Texas. Also...a vehicle was damaged by a fallen tree.
At 2205 CST...non-thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-four knots was measured by the AWOS station located five miles east northeast of Hereford Texas.
At 2205 CST...non-thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty knots were measured at the West Texas Mesonet station located two miles west northwest of Hereford Texas.
At 2250 CST...a trained spotter estimated fifty-two knot non-thunderstorm wind gusts in Canyon Texas which downed six inch diameter tree limbs around the city.
At 2250 CST...the broadcast media reported a roof which was blown off of a barn on Cemetery Road halfway between Interstate 27 and U.S. Highway 87 approximately four miles southeast of Canyon Texas by non-thunderstorm wind gusts which were estimated to be fifty-six knots.
At 2313 CST...the broadcast media reported forty-two foot horse stalls had blown off a property about fifteen miles southeast of Amarillo Texas by non-thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at fifty-six knots.
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 Jun 17, 6:13 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:13 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 713 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 .UPDATE... HAVE ISSUED UPDATE TO GRAPHICAL AND TEXT FCSTS. HAVE INCREASED POPS THIS EVE ACROSS CENTRAL ZONES ALONG AXIS OF HIGHER INSTBY. HAVE ALSO CALLED FOR AREAL QUALIFIERS IN CENTRAL AND S-CENTRAL ZONES. HAVE ALSO INCREASED QPF AMOUNTS THIS EVE. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS. COCKRELL && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010/ AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO APPROACH KAMA...EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO ONLY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 3 HOURS UNTIL DIURNAL HEATING WANES. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH VERY DRY SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPING FLOW. SJOHNSON PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 246 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010/ DISCUSSION... INSTABILITY AXIS LIES SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE TO THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE STILL REMAINS THE QUESTION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE CAP IS GOING TO HOLD. FOR NOW HAVE RE-ORIENTED THE POPS TO COVER MORE OF THE EASTERN CWA FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD WESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. BEFORE THIS HAPPENS HOWEVER...DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA NEAR THE SURFACE TROUGH AND BEST INSTABILITY. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE FORECAST AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE UPPER HIGH WILL BE PRETTY MUCH OVERHEAD. WE CERTAINLY CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW ROGUE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS TIMEFRAME...BUT TO TRY TO TIME THE EXACT DAY THIS FAR OUT IS FUTILE. FIRE WEATHER... LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL GET DOWN INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE MOST DAYS ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN PANHANDLES AND WINDS WILL BE UP AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 16/03
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 2:15 PM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-181100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 315 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GUYMON TO DALHART. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SINCE THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LIMITED...STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. NUTTALL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:39 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 739 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TXZ013-014-180115- CARSON TX-GRAY TX- 739 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR GRAY AND CARSON COUNTIES. AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PANHANDLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. SJOHNSON
Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:52 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
752 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM HAIL BORGER 35.66N 101.40W
06/17/2010 E1.00 INCH HUTCHINSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. NICKEL SIZED
HAIL ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. HAIL IS ONGOING.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1000727
MADLocal storm report, Jun 17, 6:53 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
753 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW PANTEX 35.27N 101.62W
06/17/2010 CARSON TX OTHER FEDERAL
TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER AT ST. FRANCIS AND FM 683.
TIME ESTIMATED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1000728
JCSpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 7:01 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 801 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 TXZ008-180130- HUTCHINSON TX- 801 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR HUTCHINSON COUNTY. AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BORGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. SJOHNSON
Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:03 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
803 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM HAIL BORGER 35.66N 101.40W
06/17/2010 E1.75 INCH HUTCHINSON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1000729
SFJLocal storm report, Jun 17, 7:08 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
808 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM HAIL BORGER 35.66N 101.40W
06/17/2010 E0.88 INCH HUTCHINSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1000730
MADThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Deaf Smith
- When
- June 17, 10:00 PM CST to 10:04 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Deaf Smith
- When
- June 17, 10:05 PM CST to 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Deaf Smith
- When
- June 17, 10:05 PM CST to 10:07 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Randall
- When
- June 17, 10:50 PM CST to 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Randall
- When
- June 17, 10:50 PM CST to 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Randall
- When
- June 17, 11:13 PM CST to 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randall forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 17, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 17, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2010
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 17, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 17, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, June 17 to 28, 2010
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 17, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 17, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 2010
- Flooding in Iowa, June 17 to 30, 2010
More
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2010
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: 234965, 234967, 234968, 234969, 234970, 234971, 234973.