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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall through This Weekend

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms are ongoing and expected from the central and southern High Plains to the Southeast U.S. through Sunday. Large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes will be possible. Thunderstorms may also bring areas of excessive rainfall which could bring flooding to parts of the aforementioned areas through Sunday. Read More >

Overview

A compact upper level disturbance and weak frontal boundary supported storm development in what turned out to be a weakly capped environment. Moderate instability and shear supported a few high based supercell structures which moved southeast from near Dalhart all the way down to Wellington. Very large hail, strong winds and a few funnels were reported with these storms. The largest hail was reported in Pampa (slightly larger than baseballs), and the strongest wind was reported in Borger (86 mph). Wind damage was also reported in Borger and Wellington. A more isolated storm also formed near Canyon which produced some hail up to ping pong ball size. A brief land spout tornado also occurred west southwest of Pampa.

 

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