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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:42 AM Aug. 7, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 539 TO EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 10 COUNTIES IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS DALLAM HANSFORD HARTLEY HEMPHILL HUTCHINSON LIPSCOMB MOORE OCHILTREE ROBERTS SHERMAN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOOKER, BORGER, CANADIAN, CHANNING, CODMAN, CONLEN, DALHART, DUMAS, FARNSWORTH, FOLLETT, FOUR WAY, GLAZIER, GRUVER, HARTLEY, HIGGINS, LAKE MARVIN, LORA, MASTERSON, MIAMI, PERRYTON, ROMERO, SPEARMAN, STRATFORD, WAKA, WARE, AND WOLF CREEK PARK.
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 7:58 AM Aug. 7, 2026 – National Weather Service
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG...NORTHERN RANDALL...EASTERN OLDHAM...CARSON...SOUTHWESTERN HUTCHINSON... NORTHEASTERN DEAF SMITH...POTTER AND SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM CDT... At 258 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 11 miles north of Panhandle to 4 miles northwest of Bushland. Movement was southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Amarillo, Dumas, Canyon, Borger, Panhandle, Fritch, Stinnett, Lake Tanglewood, Sanford, Bushland, Valley De Oro, Washburn, Boys Ranch, Wildorado, Pringle, Mescalero Park, Four Way, Masterson, Lake Meredith, and Timbercreek Canyon. This includes the following highways... Interstate 27 between mile markers 109 and 123. Interstate 40 between mile markers 41 and 100. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for the Panhandle of Texas. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN; MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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