A surface boundary was in the vicinity of the combined Panhandles through the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th. This combined with daytime heating, ample instability and enough dry air in the higher levels of the atmosphere to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region.
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The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A surface boundary was in the vicinity of the combined Panhandles through the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th. This combined with daytime heating, ample instability and enough dry air in the higher levels of the atmosphere to bring scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region. Some of these storms intensified to be severe with damaging winds being the primary hazard.
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 29, 12:28 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 128 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 ...New KEY MESSAGES, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 112 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 - Thunderstorms will be possible in the afternoon and evening hours today through Wednesday. Strong to severe storms cannot be ruled out with the primary hazard being damaging wind gusts. - High temperatures in the 90s to around 100 degrees is expected throughout this week. Expecting highs to increase further as we head into the holiday weekend. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 112 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 Today our primary weather focus is on the potential for strong to severe storms this afternoon and evening, but hot temperatures and gusty winds continue to linger across the entire Panhandles. An area of surface low pressure centered over eastern Colorado is laying a tight pressure gradient over the Panhandles today, keeping us quite breezy with 20-30 mph winds gusting around 40 mph at times. These stronger south winds are maintaining moisture transport to the region, with 60s to even low 70s dew points being observed in our southeast counties early this afternoon. Drier air across most of our northern and western counties will keep them quieter with hot and breezy conditions. Southwest flow in the mid to upper levels will provide improved theta-e and vorticity advection this afternoon and evening, which will promote better conditions for storms to develop along the dry line. The presence of this better moisture and lift should help storm development survive today compared to previous days, but lingering mixed-layer inhibition could still prove detrimental to convective initiation like we saw over the weekend. Best scattered storm chances (20-30%) are along and east of the dry line, which should be positioned from a Hereford to Borger to Beaver line. Shear is weak (<20kts), but CAPE and DCAPE are both more than sufficient today to support a threat of severe wind gusts with any storm (~1500- 2000 J/kg of both parameters). Any storms that pop up this afternoon- evening should fizzle out overnight as they lose daytime heating. For tomorrow, models show deep troughing digging down over the desert southwest before lifting over the Rockies through the day. This will put the base of the trough axis over much of the southern High Plains, providing additional lift and moisture return to the Panhandles. Breezy south winds and high temperatures in the 90s are slated to provide enough energy across more of the western and central Panhandles when the upper level disturbance arrives. PWATs of 1.25-1.75" will be spread atop the region, along with 1000-2000 J/kg MUCAPE. Thunderstorm chances increase slightly to 20-50% as a result, which could produce hit or miss storms with better beneficial rainfall potential in tandem with a low damaging wind threat. Any area that does get a stronger storm will have 10-40% probabilities to exceed 0.5" of rainfall. Harrel && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through next Sunday) Issued at 112 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 Wednesday appears to be our last truly decent rain chance for the rest of the week, as models show large scale troughing firmly atop the region. Afternoon highs continue their gradual decline as 850mb temps decrease, but breezy south winds will maintain the presence of quality moisture through the atmosphere. As a result of these factors, moisture, lift, and instability should be sufficient for afternoon and evening scattered storm development across much of the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. Not everyone will see storms, but the potential will be favorable for more of the CWA. We will have to monitor the quality of wind shear to see if storms could become more organized/severe. Ensemble guidance has previously shown our upper level pattern significantly shifting to end this week, with hotter temperatures and almost no rain chances Thursday into next week. However, newest global model runs now depict southwest flow/troughing holding over the region through Saturday. While triple digit temperatures are still likely to return Panhandles wide by the weekend, we actually could have low chances for spotty convection recurring each day of the long term. The most likely days for storms unfortunately appears to be for the 4th of July weekend, which could impact outdoor plans. One promising note for fans of fireworks and festivities is that wind speeds are projected to be much lighter both Saturday and Sunday. Harrel && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 112 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 VFR sky conditions are favored at all sites over the next 24 hrs. Winds stay breezy out of the south at 15-25 kts gusting up to 35 kts. LLWS will be in place overnight for at least KGUY and KAMA, but potentially at KDHT as well. A rogue storm or two could still materialize this evening near KAMA, warranting the continuance of a PROB30 group for the terminal. Harrel && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. OK...None. && SHORT TERM...38 LONG TERM....38 AVIATION...38
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Amarillo TX 133 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-300645- 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- 133 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon through the evening across the central and eastern Texas Panhandle. Cannot rule out a strong to severe thunderstorm with the primary hazard being damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Thunderstorms will be possible through Wednesday, and then again for the holiday weekend. Strong to severe storms capable of hail and damaging wind cannot be ruled out on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
333 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026
TXZ017-018-317-292100-
Palo Duro Canyon TX-Randall TX-Armstrong TX-
333 PM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL ARMSTRONG AND
CENTRAL RANDALL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...
At 332 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Happy, or 13 miles south of Canyon, moving northeast at 35 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...
Amarillo, Canyon, Lake Tanglewood, Mescalero Park, Palo Duro Canyon,
and Timbercreek Canyon.
This includes Interstate 27 between mile markers 91 and 117.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 10207 3514 10193 3496 10148 3475 10179
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 217DEG 29KT 3479 10188
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SSThe Amarillo radar (KAMA), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An Xcel mesonet site located 11 miles southeast of Canyon recorded a 60 mph wind gust.
An estimated 80 MPH wind gust was observed by a trained spotter who was located three miles south of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.
There was a measured 80.5 mph wind gust at 10 meters height from the Department of Energy's Net Tower that was located two miles north of Pantex.
A tree was blown down and the tree was potentially rotted, which would make it easier to blown down. Winds were estimated to be around 60mph at this time.
A 62 MPH wind gust was measured at the mesonet site located six miles northeast of Pantex, on the northwest side of Pantex Lake. Severe gusts persisted for two minutes.
An Xcel mesonet site, located five miles north of Alanreed, measured a wind gust of 84mph.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured by the Xcel mesonet site located four miles northeast of Lefors.
A 68 mph wind gust was measured at the Xcel mesonet site located 4.75 miles west-southwest of Miami, TX. Severe wind gusts lasted for ten minutes.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Xcel mesonet site that is located 7.5 miles northwest of Miami.
A crop pivot was blown over and appeared to be a total loss.
Eleven minutes of severe wind gusts occurred over a span of 13 minutes from 1125pm to 1137pm. The peak wind gust of 67mph occurred at 1129pm. These all occurred at the mesonet site located three miles west of Dozier.
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: 1339965, 1339966, 1339967, 1339970, 1339969, 1339971, 1339973, 1339974, 1339975, 1339976, 1339985.