Severe thunderstorms moved across the northeast Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
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Severe thunderstorms moved across the northeast Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing large hail and 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 Sep 26, 6:18 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 718 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 .AVIATION... /00Z TAFS/ COMPLEX AVIATION FORECAST SHAPING UP OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ONGOING CONVECTION IS CURRENTLY NORTH AND WEST OF KGUY/KDHT AND WELL EAST OF THE KAMA TERMINAL. CURRENT RADAR REFLECTIVITY IMAGERY SHOWS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO WHICH THE 18Z TTU WRF AND 21Z HRRR ARE DEPICTING THIS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES LATER TONIGHT. HAVE KEPT IN PREVIOUS MENTION OF -SHRA AS COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS SHOULD LIMIT THE INSTABILITY AND THUS LOWER THE CHANCES FOR THUNDER DEVELOPMENT. LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE POSSIBLE AT KGUY/KDHT THURSDAY MORNING WHERE A LITTLE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESIDE. HOWEVER HAVE KEPT CONDITIONS AT MVFR AS CONFIDENCE IS NOT TOO HIGH THAT WORSENING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. HAVE KEPT A VFR FORECAST IN AT KAMA BUT MAY HAVE TO AMEND IF TRENDS SUGGEST CIGS AND/OR VISBYS LOWERING BELOW MVFR. STORMS CAN DEVELOP AT THE TERMINALS THURSDAY BUT HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE ON TIMING AND WHERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP. CLK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012/ DISCUSSION... THROUGH TONIGHT: A RATHER COMPLICATED AND SOMEWHAT LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST HAS EVOLVED TODAY. A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TO NEAR THE RED RIVER. IN THE UPPER-LEVELS A CLOSED LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER THE WESTERN COLORADO WITH A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH...EJECTING OUT OF THIS LOW...NOW APPROACHING EASTERN NEW MEXICO. LARGE SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND WE EXPECT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION TO INITIATE SOUTH AND WEST OF A BOISE CITY TO SHAMROCK LINE THROUGH 7 PM. A LOOSELY ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF STORMS MAY EVOLVE AFTER 11 PM ALONG AND EAST OF A GUYMON TO CLARENDON LINE AND STEADILY MARCH EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. BASED ON THIS SCENARIO...WE THINK THE HIGHEST SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES WILL BE UP TO 2000 J/KG IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES UP TO 45 KT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE HAIL THREAT WILL LIKELY BE HIGHEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE WHERE THE AIR MASS IS MOST UNSTABLE AND HAIL GROWTH CAPE VALUES WILL BE AS HIGH AS 600 J/KG. BELIEVE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WORKED OVER ENOUGH OVERNIGHT THAT THIS MAY LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. THEREFORE...WE LOWERED POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT: ANOTHER TRICKY FORECAST IS IN STORE FOR TOMORROW AND THE BEST THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON WHERE THE SURFACE FRONT SETS UP. THE NAM AND ECMWF KEEP THE FRONT JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WHILE THE GFS AND GGEM KEEP THE FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDS WILL ALSO COMPLICATE HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS NEAR 70 EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST AND MID 70S IN THE SOUTHEAST. THESE LOW CLOUDS WILL ALSO HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE CAN BECOME. IF THE LOW CLOUDS ARE STUBBORN TO BREAK...THIS COULD LEAD TO A VERY MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. AT THIS TIME..WE THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE SUFFICIENTLY FOR SEVERE STORMS. IN FACT...A FEW SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT THE HIGHER PROBABILITIES LOOK TO EXIST SOUTH OF A DALHART TO CANADIAN LINE. DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 KT ALONG WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES UP TO 1000 J/KG. AS A RESULT...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO EVOLVE DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN. FRIDAY-WEDNESDAY: THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE WEAKLY UNSTABLE ALONG WITH POOR DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE A WARMING TREND BEGINS SUNDAY. JACKSON FIRE WEATHER... NO ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS 20-FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH AND/OR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 950 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-271100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 950 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THROUGH 11 PM...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE PANHANDLES THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. CLK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 910 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 TXZ003-004-270245- HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX- 910 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE AND NORTHERN HANSFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 908 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF SPEARMAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN HANSFORD AND NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3650 10089 3631 10102 3637 10154 3649 10152 TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 276DEG 22KT 3645 10123 ANDRADE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
914 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0912 PM HAIL GUYMON 36.69N 101.48W
09/26/2012 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200689
KRAUSEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
915 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0914 PM HAIL 1 N GUYMON 36.70N 101.48W
09/26/2012 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK EMERGENCY MNGR
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200690
LGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
920 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0918 PM HAIL HOOKER 36.86N 101.21W
09/26/2012 E1.75 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200691
KRAUSEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
923 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM HAIL HOOKER 36.86N 101.21W
09/26/2012 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200692
JACKSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
926 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0914 PM HAIL HOOKER 36.86N 101.21W
09/26/2012 E1.25 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
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EVENT NUMBER AMA1200693
JACKSONThe Amarillo radar (KAMA), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement officials reported that the thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down power lines and also knocked over an irrigation sprinkler system. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
The public estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts in the town of Farnsworth, Texas which is located in Ochiltree County in the northeast Texas Panhandle. There was no damage and there were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 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: 412267, 412263, 412264, 412265, 412266.