During the afternoon of July 21st, a line of thunderstorms formed along a boundary expanding roughly from Amarillo northeast to Beaver County, Oklahoma. A few storms developed along this boundary, which eventually became severe and produced microburst winds that caused damage in both Beaver County, Oklahoma and Carson County, Texas.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
During the afternoon of July 21st, a line of thunderstorms formed along a boundary expanding roughly from Amarillo northeast to Beaver County, Oklahoma. A few storms developed along this boundary, which eventually became severe and produced microburst winds that caused damage in both Beaver County, Oklahoma and Carson County, Texas.
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 21, 12:11 PM CST, 2 hours earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 111 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 ...New KEY MESSAGES, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 111 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 - There is a daily 10-30% chance for thunderstorms from the late afternoon to evening hours from today through Thursday across portions of the Panhandles. Moderate to heavy rain and strong wind gusts may accompany any thunderstorm. - Impactful heat is expected late this week and into early next week, with temperatures returning to the mid-90s to low-100s. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 111 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 As of mid-morning, a TUTT is easily visible over south-central Texas as it slowly moves northwest. Temperatures will soar today into the mid to upper-90s with the eastern and northeastern combined Panhandles having the best chance to top the 100 degree mark. As the TUTT approaches this afternoon and temperatures reach the convective temperature, will be looking for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop across the central Panhandles. Forecast soundings in the vicinity show a robust inverted-V signature with DCAPE values between 1500-1700 J/kg and very weak wind shear, indicating the potential for outflow dominant pulse storms with strong wind gusts up to 55 mph. Won't entirely be able to rule out a wind gust up to 60 mph with a strong enough updraft, but with weak instability expected, confidence in that is very low (<5%). Tuesday, there's some relatively minor disagreements among guidance regarding the location of the TUTT, but generally there is agreement that it'll be somewhere in west-central Texas. Highs will generally remain warmer than normal across the Panhandles with the eastern and northeastern combined Panhandles warming into the upper-90s. There's around a 10-25% chance for some showers and thunderstorms to work in from the higher terrain of northeastern New Mexico Tuesday evening, and again, strong gusts may accompany this activity due to high DCAPE values. Vanden Bosch && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through next Sunday) Issued at 111 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 The TUTT mentioned in the short-term AFD will begin to move more quicker off to the north on Wednesday as the system becomes more of a typical shortwave trough with more distinguishable features lower into the troposphere. Temperatures will still warm to near-normal or warmer than normal across the Panhandles, but showers and thunderstorms could start developing in the afternoon hours across the southern and eastern Panhandles. Although DCAPE values won't be as high as previous days, instability is forecast to be at least slightly greater which could still support strong wind gusts with any thunderstorm. A surface low will move off to the east on Thursday and a very weak cold front cold front/surface trough may work into the northern Panhandles Thursday afternoon. This could be a mechanism to get thunderstorms to develop across the northern combined Panhandles late Thursday afternoon and into a portion of the evening. Friday and beyond, a potentially robust upper-level ridge is favored to develop over the Great Plains which will warm re-introduce high temperatures in the mid-90s to low-100s through the weekend and into early next week. Vanden Bosch && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 103 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 Showers and storms will erupt over the airspace by mid afternoon with the favored area for impacts south and east of KAMA between 21Z and 00Z. A direct hit from this activity may produce brief IFR vsbys in heavy rainfall along with strong outflow wind gusts. This activity will taper off to showers by early evening while a second round of storms attempts to develop from near KDHT to KGUY. Storm motions will be slow and erratic over the entire area. Mid level cigs this evening will dissipate with thicker cirrus slowly dissipating overnight. && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. OK...None. && SHORT TERM...52 LONG TERM....52 AVIATION...98
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 114 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-221000- Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb- Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson- Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth- Palo Duro Canyon- 114 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon across the western and central Panhandles. These storms will have the potential to produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Slight chance for showers and thunderstorms continues for the western Panhandles each evening from Tuesday through Friday with best chances on Wednesday and Wednesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
225 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025
TXZ013-018-212000-
Carson TX-Armstrong TX-
225 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL ARMSTRONG AND
SOUTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM CDT...
At 224 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles north of Claude, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central
Armstrong and southeastern Carson Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3511 10135 3516 10144 3534 10139 3524 10115
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 211DEG 13KT 3520 10135
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Vanden BoschSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
245 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025
TXZ013-212015-
Carson TX-
245 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CARSON COUNTY
THROUGH 315 PM CDT...
At 245 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles southeast of Panhandle, moving north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Panhandle and White Deer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3525 10118 3533 10139 3545 10141 3544 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 178DEG 9KT 3531 10131
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Vanden BoschThe Amarillo radar (KAMA), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm winds estimated around 75-80 mph violently shook and pivoted a medium sized camper trailer, turning it about 30 degrees, with the jack stands underneath folding.
Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a barn roof. Part of the roof was removed and hung off the side.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1286321, 1286323.