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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
852 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0441 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 SSE ADRIAN 35.18N 102.62W
08/09/2011 DEAF SMITH TX TRAINED SPOTTER

METAL GRANARY WAS BLOWN ABOUT 75 YARDS NORTH OF WHERE
IT HAD BEEN LOCATED.

0458 PM TSTM WND GST VEGA 35.25N 102.43W
08/09/2011 E60 MPH OLDHAM TX STORM CHASER


0508 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S FOUR WAY 35.68N 101.96W
08/09/2011 E60 MPH MOORE TX EMERGENCY MNGR

60 MPH WINDSPEED REPORTED 1 S OF FOUR WAY

0525 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E VEGA 35.25N 102.41W
08/09/2011 E70 MPH OLDHAM TX STORM CHASER

0606 PM TSTM WND GST 6 N AMARILLO 35.29N 101.82W
08/09/2011 E60 MPH POTTER TX PUBLIC

ESTIMATED 60 MPH GUSTS 6 MILES NORTH OF AMARILLO

0615 PM TSTM WND DMG BORGER 35.66N 101.40W
08/09/2011 HUTCHINSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR

TREES AND POWERLINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. A METAL CARPORT
WAS ALSO BLOWN OVER.


0705 PM TSTM WND GST WHITE DEER 35.43N 101.17W
08/09/2011 E60 MPH CARSON TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

WHITE DEER FD REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WINDS AND
PEA SIZE HAIL ON CO RD 15 AND FM 294

0715 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NNW PAMPA 35.61N 101.00W
08/09/2011 M66 MPH GRAY TX AWOS

AWOS MEASURED WIND GUST OF 57 KNOTS AT 0015Z


0720 PM TSTM WND DMG LEFORS 35.44N 100.80W
08/09/2011 GRAY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

SHEET METAL WAS TAKEN OFF A ROOF FROM A TRAILER HOUSE.


0720 PM TSTM WND DMG PAMPA 35.55N 100.96W
08/09/2011 GRAY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

A DUMPSTER WAS OVERTURNED. MULTIPLE POWER LINES WERE
SNAPPED IN HALF AND LAYING ON THE ROADS. SOME ROADS HAVE
BEEN CLOSED DUE TO THE POWERLINES STILL ON THE ROADS.


0720 PM TSTM WND DMG PAMPA 35.55N 100.96W
08/09/2011 GRAY TX EMERGENCY MNGR

NORTHEAST CORNER OF ABANDONED GROCERY STORE ROOF PEELED
BACK. DAMAGE TO A BRICK BUILDING. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF CITY. SOUTH HALF OF CITY LOST POWER
DUE TO DOWNED POWER LINES.


0725 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ESE PAMPA 35.54N 100.93W
08/09/2011 M63 MPH GRAY TX MESONET

0725 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S PAMPA 35.50N 100.96W
08/09/2011 GRAY TX EMERGENCY MNGR

SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWNED AT LOOP 171 AND TEXAS STATE
HIGHWAY 70.


0745 PM HAIL TURPIN 36.87N 100.88W
08/09/2011 E1.00 INCH BEAVER OK TRAINED SPOTTER

0757 PM TSTM WND GST 12 W BEAVER 36.81N 100.74W
08/09/2011 E60 MPH BEAVER OK TRAINED SPOTTER

ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS 12 W OF BEAVER

0757 PM TSTM WND GST 12 W BEAVER 36.81N 100.74W
08/09/2011 E60 MPH BEAVER OK TRAINED SPOTTER

0805 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 W BEAVER 36.81N 100.65W
08/09/2011 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR

2 OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED...IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT
OVERTURNED...AND TREES WERE DOWNED. ESTIMATED 70 MPH
WINDS.


0815 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE FORGAN 36.93N 100.51W
08/09/2011 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR

A TOTAL OF FIVE HOG FARMS WERE DAMAGED BY STRONG WINDS.
TWO OF THE HOG FARMS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED WITH THE
ROOFS BLOWN OFF WITH DAMAGE TO THE SIDE OF THE
BUILDINGS. ANOTHER HOG FARM IS MISSING PART OF THE ROOF
WHILE THE OTHER TWO HOG FARMS HAD LESSER DAMAGE TO THEIR
ROOFS. ALL FIVE HOG FARMS ARE STILL STANDING BUT THERE
IS A LOT OF DEBRIS LAYING AROUND. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
BLOWN OVER. THE DEBRIS AND TREE DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ON
HIGHWAY 23 ON THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY.


0818 PM HAIL FORGAN 36.91N 100.54W
08/09/2011 E1.00 INCH BEAVER OK PUBLIC

REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN FORGAN


0824 PM HAIL FORGAN 36.91N 100.54W
08/09/2011 E1.50 INCH BEAVER OK PUBLIC

0835 PM TSTM WND DMG FORGAN 36.91N 100.54W
08/09/2011 BEAVER OK EMERGENCY MNGR

NUMEROUS POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN IN AND AROUND FORGAN.

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