Heavy rain and severe weather is forecast across the central and southern Plains this weekend. Large hail and strong winds will be the primary threats. A Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) for severe thunderstorms has been issued. Consecutive days of heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding across Missouri and Oklahoma on Sunday. A Moderate Risk (Level 3 of 4) for excessive rainfall has been issued. Read More >
Overview
Wednesday morning a cold front came through the Texas Panhandle and stalled along a line from just south of Hereford up through Lefors, TX to the far northeastern corner of the Texas Panhandle. This cold front was associated with a low-pressure system in southeastern New Mexico that eventually moved into the Texas Panhandle from around the Clovis area. The front and low pressure system both played a role in providing lift for this event as daytime heating was hindered by cloud cover. Plenty of instability was present creating a concern for severe thunderstorms mainly in the central and eastern Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. The first severe thunderstorm warning was issued around 1:10 PM in parts of Armstrong and Donley County. Storms continued to pop up across the area producing hail between 1-2 inches. The largest hail reported was 2 inches in Wheeler County near Twitty, TX at 3:11 PM. While another storm up near Glazier, Texas started dropping and lifting small rope tornadoes in the northeast Texas Panhandle between 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM, with several confirmed reports of tornadoes touching down. Later, different outflow boundaries started to collide and produce brief spin ups, such as a land spout tornado and several gustnados, east and southeast of Amarillo. Overall the office received 21 reports of hail at least 1 inch in diameter. Furthermore, a total of 4 tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down, one of which was a land spout seen from the Amarillo – Rick Husband International Airport tower. Many areas also reported accumulating hail, making it look like it had snowed, with one report in Randall County stating it had accumulated several inches deep.
Photos & Video
Tornadoes
Tornado West of Higgins, TX (Photo Credit: Heather Tarr) |
Same Tornado West of Higgins, TX
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Land Spout Tornado East of Amarillo, South of Panhandle, TX |
Land Spout Tornado East of Amarillo South of Panhandle, TX |
Hail
Accumulating Hail South of McLean, TX |
Hail Fog South of McLean, TX |
Large Hail Dozier, TX |
Radar
Radar Time Lapse For April 17th |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 830 PM CDT THU APR 18 2019 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0146 PM HAIL GOODNIGHT 35.04N 101.19W 04/17/2019 E1.00 INCH ARMSTRONG TX PUBLIC HAIL FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS REPORTED, ACCUMULATING UP TO AN INCH DEEP IN SPOTS. 0213 PM HAIL HOWARDWICK 35.03N 100.91W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH DONLEY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE ACCUMULATING HAIL OF BETWEEN DIME AND QUARTER SIZE. 0218 PM HAIL 2 NE HOWARDWICK 35.06N 100.89W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH DONLEY TX PUBLIC 0232 PM FLOOD HOWARDWICK 35.04N 100.91W 04/17/2019 DONLEY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE WATER OVER ROADWAY ON TEXAS HIGHWAY 70 IN HOWARDWICK, ACCUMULATING HAIL SEVERAL INCHES DEEP. 0232 PM HAIL HOWARDWICK 35.04N 100.91W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH DONLEY TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE WATER OVER ROADWAY ON TEXAS HIGHWAY 70 IN HOWARDWICK, ACCUMULATING HAIL SEVERAL INCHES DEEP. 0244 PM HAIL MCLEAN 35.23N 100.60W 04/17/2019 E0.75 INCH GRAY TX BROADCAST MEDIA REPORT RELAYED FROM BROADCAST MEDIA. 0246 PM HAIL 4 S MCLEAN 35.18N 100.61W 04/17/2019 M1.75 INCH DONLEY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT 0247 PM HAIL 6 S MCLEAN 35.15N 100.60W 04/17/2019 M1.25 INCH DONLEY TX NWS EMPLOYEE 0251 PM HAIL 3 S MCLEAN 35.19N 100.60W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH GRAY TX NWS EMPLOYEE TWEET FROM NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTING ACCUMULATING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. 0311 PM HAIL 3 N TWITTY 35.35N 100.24W 04/17/2019 M2.00 INCH WHEELER TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0317 PM HAIL 1 WSW SIMMS 35.03N 102.67W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH DEAF SMITH TX EMERGENCY MNGR ACCUMULATING HAIL REPORTED JUST WEST OF SIMMS. 0326 PM HAIL 1 ENE CANADIAN 35.92N 100.36W 04/17/2019 M1.75 INCH HEMPHILL TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0328 PM HAIL CANADIAN 35.91N 100.38W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH HEMPHILL TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE 0339 PM TORNADO 3 SW GLAZIER 35.98N 100.30W 04/17/2019 HEMPHILL TX BROADCAST MEDIA CHANNEL 9 OKC LIVE BROADCAST OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. NWS SURVEY INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN FIRST OCCURRED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLAZIER AT 0339 PM AND LIFTED AROUND 0354 PM APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CANADIAN. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF-UNKNOWN SINCE NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO TRACK AND TIMES WERE BASED ON SEVERAL REPORTS AND RADAR DATA. 0342 PM HAIL 1 NW CLARENDON 34.95N 100.90W 04/17/2019 M1.25 INCH DONLEY TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0345 PM HAIL 3 NNE KELTON 35.45N 100.10W 04/17/2019 M2.00 INCH WHEELER TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0352 PM HAIL 4 NE KELTON 35.44N 100.07W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH WHEELER TX PUBLIC MPING REPORT RECEIVED OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 0354 PM TORNADO 2 NE GLAZIER 36.03N 100.24W 04/17/2019 HEMPHILL TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE MULTIPLE SOURCES REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. NWS SURVEY INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BEGAN AT 0354 PM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLAZIER AND LIFTED AT 0421 PM APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLAZIER. A FEW TREES WERE DAMAAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 60 SOUTHWEST OF COBURN, AND SOME LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF0 WITH AN ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEED OF 75 MPH. 0403 PM HAIL 20 SE SPEARMAN 35.99N 100.95W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH ROBERTS TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0429 PM TORNADO 4 SW HIGGINS 36.08N 100.08W 04/17/2019 LIPSCOMB TX BROADCAST MEDIA BROADCAST MEDIA AND MULTIPLE SPOTTERS REPORTED A NEW TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR HIGGINS, TX. NWS SURVEY INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN FIRST OCCURRED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINS AT 0429 PM AND LIFTED AT 0432 PM APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF-UNKNOWN SINCE NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO TRACK AND TIMES WERE BASED ON SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR DATA. 0455 PM HAIL 2 N DOZIER 35.11N 100.34W 04/17/2019 E1.75 INCH COLLINGSWORTH TX TRAINED SPOTTER LATE REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 0502 PM HAIL 6 WSW PANHANDLE 35.31N 101.47W 04/17/2019 E0.75 INCH CARSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0505 PM TORNADO 6 NE WASHBURN 35.24N 101.51W 04/17/2019 CARSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA A LANDSPOUT TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA AND FAA TOWER PERSONNEL AT RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NWS SURVEY INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BEGAN AT 0505 PM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHBURN AND LIFTED AT 0519 PM APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHBURN. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF-UNKNOWN SINCE NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO TRACK AND TIMES WERE BASED ON A COMBINATION OF SPOTTER REPORTS, THE KAMA ASOS OBSERVATION FROM FAA TOWER PERSONNEL, AND RADAR DATA. 0515 PM HAIL 4 ESE PANTEX 35.29N 101.51W 04/17/2019 M1.25 INCH CARSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0517 PM HAIL VALLEY DE ORO 35.45N 102.11W 04/17/2019 M0.88 INCH POTTER TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0523 PM HAIL DAWN 34.91N 102.20W 04/17/2019 M1.00 INCH DEAF SMITH TX TRAINED SPOTTER ACCUMULATING HAIL REPORTED. 0535 PM HAIL 13 SSE KELTON 35.23N 100.01W 04/17/2019 E1.25 INCH WHEELER TX PUBLIC LATE REPORT RECEIVED OF HAIL ALONG INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS STATE LINE. 0549 PM HAIL 7 NW CANYON 35.05N 102.00W 04/17/2019 M0.88 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0553 PM HAIL 6 WNW TIMBERCREEK CANYO 35.09N 101.92W 04/17/2019 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER LATE REPORT OF ACCUMULATING HAIL RANGING FROM DIMES TO QUARTERS. GROUND WAS COVERED UP TO SEVERAL INCHES DEEP. 0556 PM HAIL 7 NW CANYON 35.05N 102.01W 04/17/2019 M0.75 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER ACCUMULATING HAIL ON THE GROUND. LOTS OF HAIL REDUCING VISIBILITY. 0700 PM FLOOD 3 SW AMARILLO 35.17N 101.85W 04/17/2019 RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET DOWN TO ONE LANE IN EITHER DIRECTION DUE TO WATER ON ROAD WAY. JUST SOUTH OF I-27. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
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