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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TEXAS
1222 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004

...PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE TORNADOES ACROSS POTTER AND RANDALL
COUNTIES ON JUNE 21 2004...

DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF JUNE 21 2004...AN INTENSE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORM MOVED SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AMARILLO AND CANYON AREAS.
IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STORM...SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADOES WERE ALSO CONFIRMED. PRELIMINARILY...
THERE HAVE BEEN 7 CONFIRMED TORNADOES. SIX WERE RATED F0. ONE WAS
RATED F1. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE TORNADOES CONFIRMED BY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORNADO 1...RATED F0.
711 PM - 718 PM...THE SAME FUNNEL CLOUD PRODUCED TWO BRIEF TORNADOES
JUST NORTH OF I-40...ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF BUSHLAND. THE FIRST
OCCURRED AT 711 PM AND LASTED ABOUT 1 MINUTE. THE SECOND OCCURRED
AT 716 PM AND LASTED ABOUT 2 MINUTES. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE
NWS.

TORNADO 2...RATED F0.
734 PM - 737 PM...THE TORNADO OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BUSHLAND NEAR THE POTTER / RANDALL COUNTY LINE. NO
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE NWS.

TORNADO 3...RATED F0.
748 PM - 750 PM...THE TORNADO FORMED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF MCCORMICK ROAD AND I-27. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO
THE NWS.

TORNADO 4...RATED F0.
751 PM - 752 PM...A SEPARATE VERY BRIEF TORNADO FORMED ABOUT 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MCCORMICK ROAD AND I-27. NO DAMAGE
WAS REPORTED TO THE NWS.

TORNADO 5...RATED F0.
803 PM - 805 PM...A TORNADO DEVELOPED IN THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF ROCKWELL ROAD AND I-27...OR JUST NORTH OF THE CITY
LIMITS OF CANYON. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE NWS.

TORNADO 6...RATED F1.
817 PM - 819 PM...A TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO 4 HOMES AT THE
INTERSECTION OF FM 1541 AND NANCE ROAD...ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF
CANYON. ONE HOME SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE...LOSING THE ENTIRE ROOF. THE
OTHER 3 HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. A BOAT AND A HORSE TRAILER WERE
ALSO TOSSED AROUND BY THE TORNADO AND HEAVILY DAMAGED. NO INJURIES
WERE REPORTED TO THE NWS.

TORNADO 7...RATED F0.
817 PM - 818 PM...THE TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM
1721 AND FM 285...IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF RANDALL COUNTY. NO
DAMAGE REPORTED TO THE NWS.

DRILLETTE