An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 59 mph in Roberts County. Other weaker thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts near Borger, Bootleg, and just northwest of Amarillo.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 59 mph in Roberts County. Other weaker thunderstorms produced strong wind gusts near Borger, Bootleg, and just northwest of Amarillo.
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 28, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS TO BEGIN THE TAF PERIOD...WITH A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BEING THE MAIN FOCUS AT ANY SITE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD WILL BE FOR AMARILLO BEFORE ABOUT 08Z WEDNESDAY. LATER SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY IMPACT KDHT OR KGUY...THOUGH CONFIDENCE WAS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN TAFS AT THIS TIME. A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT NORTHERLY WINDS TO KDHT AND KGUY...AND SHOULD BRING A WIND SHIFT TO KAMA BY 08Z. OTHERWISE...POSSIBLE MVFR CEILINGS AT KGUY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NF && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM NORTHERN DEAF SMITH COUNTY THROUGH AMARILLO NORTHEAST INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THIS FRONT GIVEN THE INSTABILITY ALONG IT. POPS WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE RETURNS TO THIS REGION ABOVE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. THE SUBTROPICAL PLUME WILL ALSO BE FOUND ACROSS THIS REGION. THE BEST DYNAMICS WILL ALSO BE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING AS STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW. UPPER DYNAMICS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOST FAVORABLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA THROUGH THURSDAY...SO WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS THERE. FLOW ALOFT THEN BECOMES NORTHWEST FOR FRIDAY AND BEYOND. SO WE WILL HAVE DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THIS WAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 06/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 327 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-290830- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 327 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AND HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY FOR PARTS OF THE PANHANDLES. LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. GOEHRING
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 643 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 TXZ011-012-016-017-290045- DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX- 643 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RANDALL... SOUTHWESTERN POTTER...SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUSHLAND...OR 17 MILES WEST OF AMARILLO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUSHLAND... WILDORADO... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3530 10253 3553 10234 3527 10197 3512 10209 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 124DEG 10KT 3524 10212 SCHNEIDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
706 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
TXZ011-016-290100-
DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX-
706 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN OLDHAM AND DEAF SMITH
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 702 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADRIAN TO 8 MILES WEST OF
BOOTLEG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEREFORD... VEGA... SIMMS...
GLENRIO... BOOTLEG... ADRIAN...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 39.
GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3542 10305 3547 10238 3474 10237 3474 10304
3475 10305 3485 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 268DEG 11KT 3537 10280 3487 10294
NFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 803 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 TXZ007-012-290145- MOORE TX-POTTER TX- 803 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POTTER AND SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF VALLEY DE ORO...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF AMARILLO...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AMARILLO... BUSHLAND... MASTERSON... LAKE MEREDITH... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 82. GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AWAY FROM ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3567 10209 3567 10166 3518 10163 3519 10211 TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 201DEG 9KT 3548 10192 NF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
814 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
TXZ005-010-290215-
HEMPHILL TX-LIPSCOMB TX-
814 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIPSCOMB AND NORTHWESTERN
HEMPHILL COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIPSCOMB...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIPSCOMB... GLAZIER...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS... AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3593 10017 3604 10054 3618 10055 3641 10037
3635 10009
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 024DEG 8KT 3623 10030
NFSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 851 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 TXZ007-008-011>013-016-017-290245- CARSON TX-DEAF SMITH TX-HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-RANDALL TX- 851 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CARSON...NORTHWESTERN RANDALL...POTTER...SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM...SOUTHEASTERN MOORE... SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON AND NORTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES WEST OF BORGER TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILDORADO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BORGER... SKELLYTOWN... VALLEY DE ORO... BUSHLAND... LAKE MEREDITH... SANFORD... FRITCH... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 64. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS... AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3554 10114 3507 10222 3547 10225 3582 10138 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 340DEG 4KT 3567 10145 3531 10219 NF
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 59 mph was measured by the Automated Weather Observing System at the Mesa Vista Ranch airport located 26 miles northwest of Miami.
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