A multi-day heavy lake effect snow event is expected downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. There is increasing confidence in snow squalls causing bursts of snow & gusty winds on New Year's Eve. Elevated fire weather conditions will continue today over parts of the Southern Plains and across much of the Southeast U.S. Read More >
Overview
After cooler than normal days due to cloud cover across the Panhandles after a cold front pushed through, sunshine broke through the clouds and allowed for adequate instability and shear to develop and support severe thunderstorms. Thunderstorms developed in a moisture-rich upslope regime in southeast Colorado and then moved south into the western OK panhandle. A thunderstorm moved south out of Colorado and dropped a couple brief tornadoes in Cimarron County, OK and then proceeded to move south across the Texas Panhandle. As the storm moved south, it dropped baseball size hail in Dalhart, TX. Other thunderstorms developed nearby and started to congeal with the original storm into a line of storms before moving through Amarillo and the southern TX Panhandle. Before leaving the TX Panhandle, some of the stronger segments dropped 70 to 80 mph winds.Tornadoes:
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Tornado - LOCATION
Tornado 6 miles North of Keyes 
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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
| EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
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Photos & Video:
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| Barn in Deaf Smith County (Courtesy of Emergency Management) |
Pivot in Deaf Smith County (Courtesy of Emergency Management) |
Golf Ball Hail in Dalhart (Courtesy of @lathemfarms) |
Hail Drift on US-54 S of Dalhart (Courtesy of Quincy Vagell) |
Storm Reports
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 248 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2017 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0612 PM TORNADO 6 N KEYES 36.89N 102.24W 06/25/2017 CIMARRON OK STORM CHASER LATE REPORT...WEAK AND BRIEF TORNADO OBSERVED. PICTURE RECEIVED FROM STORM CHASERS THAT FOLLOWED STORM. 0615 PM HAIL KEYES 36.81N 102.25W 06/25/2017 E2.75 INCH CIMARRON OK EMERGENCY MNGR LATE REPORT FROM CIMMARON CTY EM...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT KEYES DUE TO WIND AND LARGE HAIL. 0615 PM TSTM WND DMG KEYES 36.81N 102.25W 06/25/2017 CIMARRON OK EMERGENCY MNGR LATE REPORT FROM CIMMARON CTY EM...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE SUSTAINED THROUGHOUT KEYES DUE TO WIND AND LARGE HAIL. 0624 PM HAIL 2 N KEYES 36.83N 102.25W 06/25/2017 E2.75 INCH CIMARRON OK STORM CHASER BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON NORTH ROAD 430 NORTH OF KEYES. 0633 PM TORNADO 7 ENE BOISE CITY 36.76N 102.38W 06/25/2017 CIMARRON OK LAW ENFORCEMENT SHERRIFFS OFFICE REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT INTERSECTION HWY 64 AMD 56 FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE FIELD. 0644 PM HAIL 7 SSW KEYES 36.71N 102.29W 06/25/2017 E2.75 INCH CIMARRON OK EMERGENCY MNGR LATE REPORT...TENNIS BALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED THROUGHOUT FARM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF KEYES. ALL CROPS ON FARM SUSTAINED HAIL DAMAGE RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS. LOCATION RELAYED BY CIMMARON CTY EM WITH TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 0805 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE WARE 36.14N 102.63W 06/25/2017 DALLAM TX EMERGENCY MNGR CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM FLIPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 87 AND 102. 0829 PM HAIL 3 WSW DALHART 36.04N 102.57W 06/25/2017 M1.75 INCH HARTLEY TX PUBLIC SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE CONFIRMED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. 0830 PM HAIL 4 SW DALHART 36.02N 102.56W 06/25/2017 M2.75 INCH HARTLEY TX STORM CHASER LIVE FEED FROM STORM CHASERS SHOWED BASEBALL SIZED HAIL . 0830 PM HAIL 2 NW DALHART 36.08N 102.54W 06/25/2017 E0.88 INCH DALLAM TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE HAIL COVERING THE ROADWAYS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM1727 AND HWY 87 NORTH. 0830 PM HAIL DALHART 36.06N 102.52W 06/25/2017 U0.00 INCH HARTLEY TX EMERGENCY MNGR MANY WINDOWS AND CAR WINDOWS BROKEN IN DALHART. TIME ESTIMATED. 0833 PM HAIL 6 SW DALHART 36.00N 102.59W 06/25/2017 M2.75 INCH HARTLEY TX PUBLIC HAIL RAINGING FROM GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC SOUTHWEST OF DALHART. PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM THE HAIL AND WIND WAS REPORTED AS WELL. 0838 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SW DALHART 36.03N 102.55W 06/25/2017 M67 MPH HARTLEY TX ASOS 0850 PM TSTM WND GST 14 SW DALHART 35.91N 102.69W 06/25/2017 M81 MPH HARTLEY TX BROADCAST MEDIA FROM THE KVII SCHOOLNET SITE AT OLSON RANCH. 0952 PM HAIL SIMMS 35.03N 102.66W 06/25/2017 E2.50 INCH DEAF SMITH TX EMERGENCY MNGR 1004 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SE VEGA 35.24N 102.42W 06/25/2017 M72 MPH OLDHAM TX BROADCAST MEDIA 1005 PM TSTM WND DMG VEGA 35.25N 102.43W 06/25/2017 OLDHAM TX EMERGENCY MNGR LATE REPORT FROM OLDHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER WITH DAMAGE TO RVS...CARPORT...AND ABOUT 20 DOWNED POWERLINES IN VEGA. 1015 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S WILDORADO 35.19N 102.24W 06/25/2017 OLDHAM TX EMERGENCY MNGR LATE REPORT FROM OLDHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY OF DOWNED POWERLINES ALONG TX ROUTE 809 JUST SOUTH OF WILDORADO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 1025 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ESE WILDORADO 35.21N 102.21W 06/25/2017 M81 MPH OLDHAM TX BROADCAST MEDIA 1040 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 NW UMBARGER 35.04N 102.20W 06/25/2017 DEAF SMITH TX EMERGENCY MNGR LATE REPORT BY EMERGENCY MNGR OF POWER POLE DOWN... PART OF ROOF OFF BARN NEAR HWY 809 AND CR 21. 1055 PM TSTM WND GST 5 ENE HEREFORD 34.86N 102.33W 06/25/2017 M67 MPH DEAF SMITH TX AWOS 1113 PM FLASH FLOOD AMARILLO 35.20N 101.82W 06/25/2017 POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA INTERSTATE 40 AT WASHINGTON CLOSED FOR EAST BOUND AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC. 1114 PM TSTM WND GST GOODNIGHT 35.03N 101.19W 06/25/2017 M62 MPH ARMSTRONG TX MESONET
Rain Report
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| Estimated 24 Hour Rainfall ending at approximately 1:00 pm June 26th |
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