Severe thunderstorms moved across portions of the central, south central and southeast Texas Panhandle during the evening hours. The severe storms produced thunderstorm wind gusts which caused damage over the south central Texas Panhandle, however no injuries or fatalities were reported.
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Severe thunderstorms moved across portions of the central, south central and southeast Texas Panhandle during the evening hours. The severe storms produced thunderstorm wind gusts which caused damage over the south central Texas Panhandle, however no injuries or fatalities were reported.
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 24, 1:58 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 258 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 .DISCUSSION... SURFACE LOW LOCATED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR THE KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINE. PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH STRETCHES EAST TO WEST FROM THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WHILE THE COLD FRONT STILL LOCATED NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF KEHA AND KLBL AND THEN NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. ISOLATED CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF FRONT AND ALONG THE PRE-FRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND FOCUS ISOLATED CONVECTION AND LESS THAN 15 PERCENT POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AFTER 06Z THURSDAY. UPPER HIGH REMAINS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. LEFT FORECAST DRY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...HOWEVER CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ISOLATED CONVECTION MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE CANADIAN AND ECMWF MODELS DRIER THAN THE NAM AND TO SOME EXTENT THE GFS FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE LOW ON IF AND WHERE CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO INTRODUCE POPS BOTH DAYS IF MODELS TREND WETTER. DID INTRODUCE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATES SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE ROCKIES AND NEXT COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH COLORADO AND KANSAS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE PANHANDLES BY LATE SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH CONVECTION CHANCES INCREASING ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. BUMPED POPS UP INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY MOST AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT SLIDES SOUTH INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN REGION. MAX TEMPERATURES EARLY NEXT WEEK MAY BE CLOSER TO SEASONABLE NORMS IN THE MID 80S TO AROUND 90. SCHNEIDER && .FIRE WEATHER... NEITHER ELEVATED NOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCHNEIDER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 68 96 69 98 68 / 20 5 5 5 5 BEAVER OK 68 97 70 104 71 / 20 5 5 0 10 BOISE CITY OK 66 95 67 99 67 / 20 5 5 10 20 BORGER TX 71 99 73 101 73 / 20 5 0 0 5 BOYS RANCH TX 66 100 68 101 68 / 20 5 5 5 10 CANYON TX 67 97 67 97 66 / 20 5 5 5 5 CLARENDON TX 70 97 71 99 71 / 20 5 5 0 5 DALHART TX 65 96 64 99 65 / 20 5 5 10 10 GUYMON OK 69 98 70 103 67 / 20 5 5 5 10 HEREFORD TX 67 97 66 97 65 / 20 5 5 5 5 LIPSCOMB TX 69 97 70 101 70 / 20 0 0 0 10 PAMPA TX 69 96 70 98 70 / 20 5 0 0 5 SHAMROCK TX 71 99 69 99 71 / 20 5 5 0 5 WELLINGTON TX 73 102 71 101 72 / 20 10 5 0 5 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 13/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 309 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-251100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 309 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 7 AM. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE FAR NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR WESTERN PANHANDLES MONDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THESE TIMES...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JACKSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 422 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 TXZ004-009-242145- OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX- 422 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES. AT 421 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FAR SOUTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF PERRYTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 438 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 TXZ007-242215- MOORE TX- 438 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR MOORE COUNTY. AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUNRAY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUMAS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOORE COUNTY INCLUDING DUMAS. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 441 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 TXZ005-010-242230- HEMPHILL TX-LIPSCOMB TX- 441 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR LIPSCOMB AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES. AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF GLAZIER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS NEAR GLAZIER AND CANADIAN. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 512 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 TXZ008-242245- HUTCHINSON TX- 512 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR HUTCHINSON COUNTY. AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF STINNETT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF BORGER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR STINNETT AND BORGER. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MBS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 530 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 TXZ010-242315- HEMPHILL TX- 530 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EAST HEMPHILL COUNTY. AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MARVIN... OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CANADIAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER RURAL EAST HEMPHILL COUNTY INCLUDING LAKE MARVIN. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MBS
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hutchinson County Emergency Managers Office reported the thunderstorm wind gust occurred off of Texas State Highway 152 east of Borger Texas. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
The public estimated the thunderstorm wind gust about four miles north of Canyon Texas in Randall County. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
A trained spotter reported that two power poles were broken about one half mile north of Canyon Texas in Randall County along Farm to Market Road 2590 or VFW Road. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gust about five miles north of Canyon Texas in Randall County. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 340463, 340464, 340465, 340462, 340466.