Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX
309 WWUS54 KAMA 160139 SVSAMA Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Amarillo TX 839 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024 OKC007-160215- /O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-240616T0215Z/ Beaver OK- 839 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY... At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast of Knowles, or 15 miles northwest of Laverne, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect some tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Locations impacted include... Gate, Knowles, and Slapout. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3693 10000 3669 10000 3656 10010 3684 10044 3696 10028 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 288DEG 14KT 3681 10014 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ DGW