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Lala Impacting Hawaii; Severe Thunderstorm and Flash Flooding Risks; Excessive Heat

Areas of gusty winds, heavy rain leading to flash flooding, and high surf continue across portions of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Lala continues to move away from the islands. Severe thunderstorm, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding threats continue from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic and across the central High Plains. Record heat continues for areas of the central/southern Plain into the Southeast 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.
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