A severe thunderstorm moved across the east central Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours and produced a thunderstorm wind gust which caused damage. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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A severe thunderstorm moved across the east central Texas Panhandle during the afternoon hours and produced a thunderstorm wind gust which caused damage. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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 29, 2:03 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 303 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 .DISCUSSION... NOW STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS APPROXIMATELY ALONG A LINE FROM TULIA TO HIGGINS. NOT ONLY IS THERE A MODEST TEMPERATURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE FRONT...BUT SO FAR...THIS SEEMS TO ALSO BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. WITH THE FRONT REMAINING IN THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE WASHING OUT...KEPT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 12Z. THE NEXT CONCERN WILL BE THE EFFECT...OR LACK THEREOF...THAT THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM DON WILL HAVE ON THE PANHANDLE REGION. SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE MOISTURE PLUME ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DON TO SPREAD FURTHER NORTH INTO TEXAS. HOWEVER...THINK THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RAIN IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL BE LIMITED AND BRIEF...IF ANY OPPORTUNITY AT ALL. IT WILL BE A RACE TO SEE IF THE MOISTURE CAN ADVECT UP HERE BEFORE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING UPPER LEVEL HIGH MINIMIZES THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY STORMS TO DEVELOP. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THAT TS DON IS MOVING FASTER TO THE WEST AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY...HAVE INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK...IT WILL BE A FAMILIAR STORY TO THE REGION. THE RIDGE BUILDS BACK WEST...AND REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE HIGH PLAINS FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK...BRINGING A RETURN TO MORE HOT AND DRY WEATHER FOR THE PANHANDLES. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE SHOWING A COLD FRONT DIGGING SOUTH INTO THE PANHANDLES BEFORE STALLING OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO WEAKEN ANY UNTIL THURSDAY AT THE EARLIEST...THINK THAT THE MODELS ARE TOO FAST WITH THE SURFACE FRONT. THEREFORE...DID NOT MENTION ANY CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION UNTIL THURSDAY. JOHNSON && .FIRE WEATHER... RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL...AND RELATIVELY HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL PRECLUDE ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE A FIRE WEATHER CONCERN...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. BY MONDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE OVER THE REGION LEADING TO TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL. IN ADDITION...A SURFACE TROUGH COULD RESULT IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ESPECIALLY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW FAR SOUTH THIS TROUGH WILL BE. IT COULD STAY IN KANSAS AND COLORADO...IN WHICH CASE WINDS ACROSS THE PANHANDLES WOULD REMAIN LIGHT. THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...WINDS SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LIGHT. JOHNSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 66 94 70 96 70 / 30 20 5 5 0 BEAVER OK 70 101 73 104 73 / 50 5 5 5 0 BOISE CITY OK 67 93 69 99 70 / 50 5 10 5 0 BORGER TX 72 99 74 101 75 / 40 10 5 5 0 BOYS RANCH TX 68 97 71 99 71 / 50 20 5 5 0 CANYON TX 65 94 69 96 67 / 30 20 5 5 0 CLARENDON TX 71 102 73 98 73 / 20 20 5 5 0 DALHART TX 65 93 67 97 68 / 50 10 10 5 0 GUYMON OK 69 100 71 101 73 / 50 5 5 5 0 HEREFORD TX 63 94 67 94 66 / 40 20 5 5 0 LIPSCOMB TX 71 100 73 100 74 / 30 10 5 5 0 PAMPA TX 69 96 71 97 71 / 30 20 5 5 0 SHAMROCK TX 74 100 73 99 72 / 20 20 5 5 0 WELLINGTON TX 74 101 74 101 72 / 20 20 5 5 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/16
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 257 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 257 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SCHNEIDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 227 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 TXZ018-292030- ARMSTRONG TX- 227 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG COUNTY. AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CLAUDE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 230 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 TXZ009-014-292030- GRAY TX-ROBERTS TX- 230 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR ROBERTS AND GRAY COUNTIES. AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEFORS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF PAMPA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 306 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 TXZ017-292100- RANDALL TX- 306 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR RANDALL COUNTY. AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF PALO DURO CANYON... OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAUDE...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 325 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 TXZ013-014-292130- GRAY TX-CARSON TX- 325 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CARSON AND GRAY COUNTIES. AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE DEER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF PANHANDLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 327 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 TXZ008-009-292130- HUTCHINSON TX-ROBERTS TX- 327 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ROBERTS AND HUTCHINSON COUNTIES. AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CODMAN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF MIAMI...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 329 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 TXZ005-010-292130- HEMPHILL TX-LIPSCOMB TX- 329 PM CDT FRI JUL 29 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR LIPSCOMB AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES. AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE MARVIN... OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF CANADIAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KJS
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement officials reported that a tractor trailer rig was blown off the road at mile marker 113 on Interstate 40 by a thunderstorm wind gust. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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