Flooding was the most significant impact from the thunderstorms which developed during the afternoon of the 4th, particularly in Hartley County. All hail reports from this particular storm were sub-severe and no larger than nickel size, although larger hail may have occurred over rural areas that this thunderstorm moved over.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Flooding was the most significant impact from the thunderstorms which developed during the afternoon of the 4th, particularly in Hartley County. All hail reports from this particular storm were sub-severe and no larger than nickel size, although larger hail may have occurred over rural areas that this thunderstorm moved over. This storm did produce damaging wind gusts. Hail as large as half dollars was reported further north with the storms that affected the Kerrick area in Dallam County.
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 4, 5:14 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 614 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015 .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE AN UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE PANHANDLES BY 00Z FRIDAY AND A SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES BETWEEN ABOUT 21Z TODAY TO 03Z FRIDAY. OPTED TO LEAVE OUT OF THE TAF SITES DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE CONVECTION ACTUALLY IMPACTING ANY OF THE THREE TAF SITES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 14Z TO 16Z TODAY...THEN BACKING AROUND TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AFTER 00Z TO 02Z FRIDAY. SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER 06Z TO 08Z FRIDAY. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 411 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015/ DISCUSSION... THE ONLY REAL CHANGE MADE TO THE FORECAST HAS BEEN TO CALL FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LOW POPS FOR SAME RETAINED FOR THIS EVENING. CORRIDOR OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO SET UP AGAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA. PRE- FRONTAL TROF ANALYZED AT 06Z FROM NEAR DALHART TO NEAR GUYMON EXPECTED TO REMAIN VIABLE TODAY...AND TO BE POSITIONED NEAR INSTABILITY AXIS. MODEST MID-LEVEL VORTICITY ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD ASSIST WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SHEAR IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE MAXIMIZED ALONG SAME CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SHEAR LOOKS TO BE QUITE A BIT WEAKER ON FRIDAY...WITH INSTABILITY AXIS CONFINED TO NORTHWEST AND WEST SECTIONS DURING PEAK HEATING. SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT KEPT DRY AS MID-LEVEL RIDGE AND UNFAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL FLOW PREVAIL. SETUP IMPROVES SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH POPS RETAINED...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS WHERE STRONGER AND COOLER MID-LEVEL FLOW EXPECTED. COCKRELL && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 400 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-042115- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 400 AM CDT THU JUN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE DURING THE EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE PANHANDLES. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COMBINED TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. COCKRELL
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm chaser reported a power pole leaning at a 45 degree angle 4 miles southeast of Harley on Highway 385.
Half dollar size hail was reported in Kerrick, 15 miles northwest of Stratford.
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