September 16 storm reports and rain totals

Storm Reports and Rain Totals

September 16, 2010

On the afternoon of Thursday, September 16, 2010, thunderstorms developed along a stationary front in the southern Texas Panhandle. These storms quickly strengthened and became severe. There were multiple reports of hail and one report of a strong wind gust. The largest hail report was of grapefruit-sized hail at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Arguably the biggest impact of the storms was that the storms trained over the same areas resulting in very heavy rain. Amarillo was hit hardest by the heavy rain resulting in many reports of flash flooding.

Preliminary Local Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 630 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1017 AM HAIL 2 S FOLLETT 36.41N 100.14W 09/16/2010 M0.88 INCH LIPSCOMB TX COUNTY OFFICIAL 0249 PM HAIL 8 ESE BUSHLAND 35.14N 101.94W 09/16/2010 E0.88 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER HAIL WAS ONGOING AT TIME OF CALL. 0251 PM HAIL 5 SW AMARILLO 35.15N 101.88W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC 0256 PM HAIL 6 SW AMARILLO 35.14N 101.89W 09/16/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0301 PM HAIL 6 WSW AMARILLO 35.17N 101.92W 09/16/2010 M1.00 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE HAIL WAS ONGOING 0303 PM HAIL 3 N AMARILLO 35.25N 101.82W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH POTTER TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0306 PM HAIL 2 N AMARILLO 35.23N 101.82W 09/16/2010 E1.50 INCH POTTER TX BROADCAST MEDIA 0306 PM HAIL 8 ESE BUSHLAND 35.14N 101.94W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX NWS EMPLOYEE HAIL STOPPED AT 309 PM CST...SOME SMALLER HAIL ALSO OCCURRED. 0308 PM HAIL 2 N AMARILLO 35.23N 101.82W 09/16/2010 E0.88 INCH POTTER TX AMATEUR RADIO NICKEL SIZE HAIL FALLING. WATER IS COVERING ROAD AT BUCHANAN AND 3RD STREET MAKING THE ROAD NOT PASSABLE. 0309 PM HAIL 5 SW AMARILLO 35.15N 101.88W 09/16/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0310 PM HAIL 6 SW AMARILLO 35.14N 101.89W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER WATER WAS UP TO THE CURB AT WINDSOR ELEMENTARY WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING. 0321 PM HAIL LAKE TANGLEWOOD 35.06N 101.78W 09/16/2010 E1.25 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER 0322 PM HAIL 8 ESE AMARILLO 35.16N 101.69W 09/16/2010 M1.00 INCH RANDALL TX TRAINED SPOTTER WATER IS ROUGHLY ONE FOOT DEEP AT 34TH AND SONCY WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL ONGOING. 0328 PM HAIL LAKE TANGLEWOOD 35.06N 101.78W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC 0340 PM HAIL 10 S VEGA 35.10N 102.44W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH DEAF SMITH TX PUBLIC 0404 PM HAIL 3 NE SLAPOUT 36.65N 100.08W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH BEAVER OK TRAINED SPOTTER 0415 PM FLASH FLOOD AMARILLO 35.20N 101.82W 09/16/2010 POTTER TX TRAINED SPOTTER HIGH WATER RESCUE AT 45TH AND BELL 0434 PM HAIL PALO DURO CANYON 34.95N 101.67W 09/16/2010 E1.75 INCH RANDALL TX PARK SERVICE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT PALO DURO STATE PARK ENTRANCE 0442 PM HAIL PALO DURO CANYON 34.95N 101.67W 09/16/2010 E4.00 INCH RANDALL TX PARK SERVICE 0518 PM HAIL 7 W WAYSIDE 34.80N 101.67W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC QUARTER SIZE HAIL 0528 PM HAIL 7 WSW WAYSIDE 34.75N 101.66W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH RANDALL TX PUBLIC 0528 PM TSTM WND GST 7 WSW WAYSIDE 34.75N 101.66W 09/16/2010 E75 MPH RANDALL TX PUBLIC 0538 PM HAIL 5 NW WAYSIDE 34.84N 101.61W 09/16/2010 E1.75 INCH ARMSTRONG TX PUBLIC GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND 0551 PM HAIL WAYSIDE 34.79N 101.55W 09/16/2010 E1.00 INCH ARMSTRONG TX PUBLIC QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

Temperature and Precipitation Summary

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SUPPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 939 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010 ...AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS... DAYTIME HIGH 0800-2000/MORNING LOW 2000-0900/PCPN 0800-0800 TEXAS PANHANDLE HIGH LOW PCPN AMARILLO NWS 88 59 0.73 BOOTLEG RAWS 92 60 0.80 BORGER AIRPORT 83 63 0.00 CANADIAN AIRPORT 83 62 MSG CEDAR RAWS 84 62 0.00 CLARENDON 2W MESO 88 62 0.71 DALHART AIRPORT 79 59 0.00 DUMAS AIRPORT 76 59 MSG HEREFORD 2NW MESO 92 62 0.00 HEREFORD AIRPORT 94 61 MSG MCLEAN 1E MESO 83 60 0.00 MESA VISTA RANCH 81 61 MSG PAMPA AIRPORT 81 59 MSG PAMPA 2E MESONET 80 61 0.00 PERRYTON AIRPORT 73 60 MSG OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BEAVER 1SSW MESO 73 57 0.10 BOISE CITY 3SSE MES 77 57 0.00 GOODWELL 2E MESO 76 59 0.00 GOODWELL 2E CRN 76 60 0.00 GUYMON AIRPORT 77 59 0.00 HOOKER 1W MESO 81 57 0.00 KENTON 5SE MESO 78 57 0.00 SLAPOUT 8W MESO 71 58 0.20 ...COOPERATIVE WEATHER SITES... 24 HR HIGH/24 HR LOW/OBSERVATION TEMP/24 HR PCPN HIGH LOW OB PCPN BRAVO 83 58 61 0.00 BUSHLAND 87 57 60 0.00 BOYS RANCH 88 68 68 0.00 CANYON 90 59 60 0.18 CLARENDON 89 62 63 0.70 DALHART CENTRAL 78 61 63 0.00 FOLLETT 69 58 60 0.57 GRUVER 73 59 60 0.72 HEREFORD 92 61 61 0.00 LIPSCOMB 71 57 59 1.01 PAMPA 82 61 61 0.00 PANHANDLE 86 60 60 0.00 SANFORD DAM 80 66 66 0.00 SHAMROCK 86 65 65 0.03 STRATFORD 77 60 61 0.00 BEAVER OK 68 58 58 0.10 GOODWELL RES STN 77 58 59 0.00 ...SUPPLEMENTARY PRECIPITATION REPORTS 0800-0800... TEXAS PANHANDLE HARTLEY 4ESE 0.02 LEFORS 0.00 WHEELER 0.01 SPEARMAN 6W 0.23 CHANNING 3E 0.00 AMARILLO 19N 0.00 LAKE MEREDITH 0.00 CANADIAN 2NE 0.00 LIPSCOMB 0.82 KELTON 5N 0.00 SHAMROCK 2N 0.00 HEDLEY 5NW 0.01 WELLINGTON 7N 0.01 WAYSIDE 13NE 0.61 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE KENTON 2NE 0.00 FORGAN 8N 0.08 GOODWELL 8N 0.01 BEAVER 0.21 GUYMON 9SE 0.00 HARDESTY 5S 0.00 ...AGRICULTURAL DATA 0800-0800... *** SOIL TEMPERATURES *** 2-IN 4-IN 4-IN 6-IN PAN MAX MIN EVAP BUSHLAND 68 95 85 74 0.25 GOODWELL 75 80 75 SANFORD DAM 0.28 NOTE: T MEANS A TRACE OF RAINFALL MM MEANS MISSING

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