Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours producing damaging thunderstorm wind gusts and large hail. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours producing damaging thunderstorm wind gusts and large hail. 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 Jun 14, 5:10 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 610 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 .AVIATION... UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING PRODUCING CONVECTION AT ALL THREE TAF SITES THROUGH ABOUT 06Z FRIDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF THE CONVECTION...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR THE CONVECTION. IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE GUYMON TAF SITE BETWEEN 10Z AND 16Z FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH AND BRINGS SOME LOW CLOUDS BEHIND THE FRONT TO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WINDS WILL BE PRIMARILY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS...HOWEVER WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT AT BOTH THE DALHART AND GUYMON TAF SITES THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 450 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012/ DISCUSSION... OF PRIMARY CONCERN THIS EVENING...AS OF 4 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT NEAR THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...AND ALSO ALONG A DRYLINE IN THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MOSTLY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE US WILL BEGIN TO DESTABILIZE...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CUTTING OFF OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND RETROGRADING OVER THE PACIFIC. WARM TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. A COLD FRONT SHOULD EDGE INTO THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLES SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN TO THAT AREA. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL PULL NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AS LEE SIDE CYCLOGENESIS STRENGTHENS. CONTINUED TO KEEP MAX TEMPS ABOVE GUIDANCE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SOUTHERLY WINDS AND A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S AND LOWER 100S. NO MENTIONABLE POPS AT THIS TIME. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES SHOULD PULL A COLD FRONT INTO AT LEAST THE FAR NORTHWEST PANHANDLES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MODELS DISAGREE SLIGHTLY AS TO HOW STRONG THIS FRONT WILL BE...SO DECIDED TO GO WITH THE STRONGER GFS. DID NOT INTRODUCE POPS AT THIS TIME AS CONFIDENCE IS LOW...THOUGH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IF IT STALLS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. NF FIRE WEATHER... DESPITE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES DURING THE AFTERNOONS THROUGH TUESDAY...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS. ALSO...RECENT AND EXPECTED RAINFALL HAS KEPT FUEL MOISTURE HIGHER AND FIRE DANGER RATINGS AT LOW TO MODERATE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 08/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 402 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-150915- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 402 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE ENTIRE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MOSTLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN DURING THIS PERIOD MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. NF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 722 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 OKZ002-TXZ002-003-150045- TEXAS OK-HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX- 722 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SHERMAN...HANSFORD AND TEXAS COUNTIES. AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF TEXHOMA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF TEXHOMA TO 26 MILES SOUTH OF TEXHOMA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GUYMON TO 19 MILES EAST OF STRATFORD TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRATFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. KB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
723 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 PM TSTM WND GST 6 ENE AMARILLO 35.22N 101.72W
06/14/2012 M59 MPH POTTER TX ASOS
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200535
FENNERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 727 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 TXZ012-013-017-018-150100- POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-CARSON TX-ARMSTRONG TX- 727 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG...CARSON... RANDALL AND POTTER COUNTIES. AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST POTTER...NORTHEAST RANDALL...SOUTHWEST CARSON...AND NORTHWEST ARMSTRONG COUNTIES ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. KB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
735 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM HAIL 10 E HARTLEY 35.89N 102.22W
06/14/2012 E1.75 INCH HARTLEY TX PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200536
ABMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 735 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 TXZ007-008-150100- HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX- 735 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR MOORE AND HUTCHINSON COUNTIES. AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF SANFORD...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. KB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
744 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HAIL 3 E HEREFORD 34.82N 102.35W
06/14/2012 E1.00 INCH DEAF SMITH TX PUBLIC
RELAYED BY NSSL
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200538
FENNERThe Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported that the thunderstorm wind gust broke a two foot diameter tree about two to three feet above the ground. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The Beaver County Emergency Management Office reported that the hail fell from about seven miles south of the Kansas and Oklahoma state line along Hollow North 1150 and then one mile east along Hollow East 0070.
Local law enforcement officials reported the thunderstorm wind gusts along with heavy rain reducing the visibility to near zero.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2012
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: 390656, 390639, 390640, 390643, 390641, 390642, 390644, 390645, 390650, 390658, 390665, 390659, 390660, 390661, 390662, 390663, 390664.