Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across the southeastern Texas Panhandle during the early evening hours producing hail along with damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed and moved across the southeastern Texas Panhandle during the early evening hours producing hail along with damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. 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 Aug 25, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 .DISCUSSION... PRE-FRONTAL TROF HAS BROUGHT WIND SHIFT TO ALL BUT FAR EASTERN PART OF FORECAST AREA...WITH TRUE COLD FRONT JUST NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WILL MAINTAIN POP STRUCTURE FROM EARLIER FORECAST TONIGHT...KEEPING HIGHEST POPS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS WHERE DEEPER AND RICHER MOISTURE WILL BENEFIT FROM DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE TROF. LOW POPS KEPT FOR SUNDAY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS DUE TO PROXIMITY OF SURFACE FRONT. NO POPS THEREAFTER AS MID-LEVEL RIDGE SETS UP NEAR 4-CORNERS WITH LIGHT FLOW OFFERING LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO PANHANDLES...AND WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT INHIBIT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT. NO FRONTAL PASSAGES EXPECTED. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE SLIGTLY ABOVE CLIMO. 03 COCKRELL && .FIRE WEATHER... NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAINING ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND 20 FOOT WINDS REMAINING BELOW 15 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY BEGINNING THURSDAY...BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT. 03 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 64 87 65 90 60 / 20 10 5 0 0 BEAVER OK 67 88 66 93 63 / 20 10 0 0 5 BOISE CITY OK 61 89 63 93 60 / 20 5 0 5 5 BORGER TX 67 90 68 94 65 / 20 10 0 0 0 BOYS RANCH TX 64 92 64 93 62 / 20 10 0 0 0 CANYON TX 64 87 63 90 58 / 20 10 5 0 5 CLARENDON TX 67 87 66 90 62 / 50 20 5 0 5 DALHART TX 61 90 62 91 59 / 20 10 0 5 0 GUYMON OK 64 90 64 93 59 / 20 10 0 0 5 HEREFORD TX 62 86 61 89 56 / 20 20 5 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 66 87 65 91 61 / 30 10 0 0 0 PAMPA TX 65 87 63 88 60 / 30 10 0 0 5 SHAMROCK TX 67 88 64 89 64 / 50 20 5 0 0 WELLINGTON TX 69 90 68 91 65 / 50 20 10 5 0 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 05/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 317 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-261100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 317 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THROUGH 10 PM. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE ON SUNDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. COCKRELL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 431 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 TXZ019-020-252200- DONLEY TX-COLLINGSWORTH TX- 431 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR COLLINGSWORTH AND DONLEY COUNTIES. AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRICE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LELIA LAKE AND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CLARENDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 445 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 TXZ019-020-252215- DONLEY TX-COLLINGSWORTH TX- 445 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR COLLINGSWORTH AND DONLEY COUNTIES. AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF QUAIL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF MEMPHIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ON FARM TO MARKET 203 NEAR QUAIL WILL ENCOUNTER STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS.
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported a large tree down across Farm to Market Road 1932 west of the town of Hedley, Texas near the fork. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The hail was reported by the Texas Department of Public Safety on Interstate 40 in the town of Shamrock, Texas.
A trained spotter estimated strong thunderstorm wind gusts just west northwest of Clarendon, Texas. There was no damage reported and no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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