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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
210 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2025
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 08/03/2025 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
MOORE COUNTY THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
PEAK WIND ESTIMATED: 90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: ESTIMATED AROUND ONE MILE ACROSS SUNRAY
BUT ADDITIONAL STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED
FROM DUMAS TO SUNRAY.
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 08/03/2025
START TIME: 230AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 N SUNRAY, TX
END DATE: 08/03/2025
END TIME: 233AM CDT
END LOCATION: SUNRAY, TX
SURVEY SUMMARY: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MOORE COUNTY
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF AUGUST 3, 2025. IT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT,
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM NORTH OF DUMAS AND
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TOWN OF SUNRAY. BASED ON PICTURES AND RADAR IMAGERY,
IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS DAMAGE IS ATTRIBUTED TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED IN SUNRAY. HERE, NUMEROUS TREES WERE
SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED, CENTER PIVOTS WERE FLIPPED,
A FEW LIGHT POLES WERE BENT AT THE BASE. THE PRESS BOX AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS COMPLEX WAS DESTROYED. OTHER STRUCTURE DAMAGE INCLUDED DESTROYED
OUTBUILDINGS AND BARNS AS WELL AS ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. TRAIN
CARS WERE LAID ON THEIR SIDE OFF A TRACK BETWEEN CACTUS AND SUNRAY.
ALL OF THE DAMAGE WAS LAID IN A PATTERN THAT IS INDICATIVE OF STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND NO CONVERGENCE OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED.
WE THANK THE MOORE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS LOCAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC
FOR SHARING PICTURES AND VIDEO TO HELP COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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