Dangerous heat will persist across the Southwest U.S. through Friday with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the Northeast U.S. on Thursday. Damaging wind, hail, and a tornado or two are possible. 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
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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
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Accumulating Hail South of McLean, TX |
Hail Fog South of McLean, TX |
Large Hail Dozier, TX |
Radar
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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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