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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
226 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/25/26 HIGH WIND AND TORNADO EVENT -
UPDATE #1...
UPDATE
ADDING ADDITIONAL TORNADO EVENTS FROM ADDITIONAL SURVEYS.
OVERVIEW
POWERFUL SUPERCELL STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF
JUNE 25TH. THE FIRST SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM LATCHED ONTO A WEAK
FRONTAL BOUNDARY AFTER SPLITTING AND MOVED EAST AND THEN
SOUTHEAST ACROSS BEAVER COUNTY ENCOUNTERING A FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT FOR TORNADOES. THE STORM BECAME EXTREMELY DYNAMIC
PRODUCING MULTIPLE TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS WITHIN THE REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT. IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN
TORNADO CIRCULATION ADDITIONAL SATELLITE TORNADOES AND SEVERAL
MESOSCALE GROUND VORTICES OCCURRED ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
FLANK OF THE STORM AND THESE IN THE END CREATED MORE DAMAGE THAN
THE MAIN TORNADIC CIRCULATIONS THAT REMAINED MOSTLY IN OPEN
GRASSLANDS WHICH LACKED DAMAGE INDICATORS. ADDITIONAL STUDY OF
VIDEO AND DAMAGE SURVEYS IS BEING DONE ON WHAT OCCURRED IN THIS
OUTER QUADRANT OF THE STORM AWAY FROM THE MAIN TORNADIC
CIRCULATIONS. MUCH OF THE TORNADO TRACKS WERE ESTIMATED USING EYE
WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND STORM CHASER VIDEO.
ANOTHER SUPERCELL PRODUCED A WEAK TORNADO THAT TRACKED ACROSS
AREAS AROUND 5 MILES WEST OF ALISON, TEXAS. THE ADJACENT SUPERCELL
TO THE SOUTH TRACKED ACROSS THE CITY OF WHEELER. WHEELER
EXPERIENCED THE CORE OF THE STORM WHILE THE ROTATION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SUPERCELL TRACKED ABOUT 5-6 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY. THE
REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT OF THE SUPERCELL CREATED POWERFUL WIND GUSTS
THAT WAS EVEN APPARENT ON RADAR AS THE SEVERE WINDS DEFORMED THE
BACKSIDE OF THE STORM STRUCTURE. THESE NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO LOCATIONS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WHEELER.
BEAVER COUNTY MAIN TORNADO #1 - 06/25/26
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: UNKNOWN
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/25/2026
START TIME: 04:18 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NNE ELMWOOD / BEAVER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.6949 / -100.5038
END DATE: 06/25/2026
END TIME: 04:21 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 NNE ELMWOOD / BEAVER COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.6926 / -100.4921
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS IS THE FIRST TORNADO THIS STORM PRODUCED AS IT INTENSIFIED.
THE TORNADO CONDENSED BRIEFLY MULTIPLE TIMES ALONG THIS PATH. THE
TRACK WAS ESTIMATED USING EYE WITNESS REPORTS, PICTURES, AND
VIDEOS TOGETHER WITH RADAR DATA. THE TORNADO REMAINED IN OPEN
COUNTRY AND DIDN'T ENCOUNTER ANY DAMAGE INDICATORS TO ALLOW FOR A
RATING OR DETERMINE THE EXACT PATH. WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON
VIDEO.
BEAVER COUNTY MAIN TORNADO #2 - 06/25/26
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.00 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/25/2026
START TIME: 04:29 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 NE ELMWOOD / BEAVER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.6866 / -100.4483
END DATE: 06/25/2026
END TIME: 04:37 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 7 NE ELMWOOD / BEAVER COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.6907 / -100.4144
SURVEY SUMMARY:
MOST OF THE TORNADO PATH WAS ESTIMATED BY TRIANGULATING THE
LOCATION USING CHASER VIDEO/PICTURES AND UTILIZING RADAR DATA.
TOWARD THE END OF THE LIFE CYCLE AFTER BECOMING RAIN WRAPPED AND
WEAKENING, THE TORNADO DID ENCOUNTER SOME DAMAGE INDICATORS.
DAMAGE INCLUDED LARGE TREE LIMBS WHICH WERE SNAPPED AND ONE
UPROOTED TREE ALL OF WHICH WERE AROUND AN OLD DILAPIDATED
HOMESTEAD. ADJACENT POWER LINES WERE NOT DAMAGED AND THIS ALSO
PROVIDED CLUES TO THE INTENSITY TOWARD THE END OF THE LIFE-CYCLE.
RADAR IMAGERY AND VIDEO SUGGESTS THE TORNADO WAS POTENTIALLY
STRONGER EARLIER IN THE TRACK WHILE IN OPEN GRASSLANDS. MAXIMUM
WIDTH WAS ALSO ESTIMATED USING PHOTOS AND VIDEO.
BEAVER MAIN TORNADO #3 - 06/25/26
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: UNKNOWN
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: UNKNOWN
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/25/2026
START TIME: 04:52 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 7 WSW SLAPOUT / BEAVER COUNTY / OK
START LAT/LON: 36.5796 / -100.2506
END DATE: 06/28/2026
END TIME: 04:58 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 WSW SLAPOUT / BEAVER COUNTY / OK
END LAT/LON: 36.5757 / -100.2242
SURVEY SUMMARY:
ESTIMATED PATH AND TIME ARE BASED ON EYE WITNESS REPORTS AND RADAR
IMAGERY. THE TORNADO REMAINED IN OPEN COUNTRY WHERE LITTLE TO NO
DAMAGE INDICATORS EXIST AND NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
5 WEST ALLISON - JUNE 25, 2026
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/25/2026
START TIME: 06:59 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W ALLISON / WHEELER COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 35.6064 / -100.176
END DATE: 06/25/2026
END TIME: 07:08 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 WSW ALLISON / WHEELER COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 35.5727 / -100.1796
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A DAMAGE PATH WAS DISCOVERED ACROSS NORTHERN WHEELER COUNTY
ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPERCELL CIRCULATION SUGGESTING A WEAK
TORNADO. IN ADDITION, A STORM CHASER DOCUMENTED A PERIODIC FUNNELS
WITH THE STORM AND ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T FULLY CONDENSE TO
THE GROUND, THERE WAS PERIODIC DUST PICKED UP BELOW AT THE
SURFACE. ISOLATED DAMAGE INDICATORS PROVIDED CHALLENGES FOR THE
SURVEY, HOWEVER A RELATIVELY NARROW PATH OF DAMAGE MAINLY
CONSISTING OF SNAPPED LARGE TREE LIMBS DID EXITS WEST TO
SOUTHWEST OF ALISON. THERE WAS ONE SMALL OUT BUILDING DESTROYED
AS WELL, BUT THE EF1 TORNADO RATING WAS BASED ON SNAPPED POWER
POLES EARLY IN THE TRACK. OTHERWISE, MOST OF THE PATH WAS
EF0 DAMAGE.NONE MPH
WHEELER DOWNBURST - 6/25/2026
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1800 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 06/25/2026
START TIME: 08:00 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NW WHEELER / WHEELER COUNTY / TX
START LAT/LON: 35.452 / -100.2894
END DATE: 06/28/2026
END TIME: 08:05 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSE WHEELER / WHEELER COUNTY / TX
END LAT/LON: 35.404 / -100.2554
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A COMBINATION OF A STORM SURVEY, EYEWITNESS REPORTS, AND RADAR
DATA INDICATES THAT DAMAGE FROM A SEVERE STORM ACROSS WESTERN
WHEELER WAS CAUSED BY A STRONG REAR-FLANK DOWNDRAFT ON THE
BACKSIDE OF A POWERFUL SUPERCELL. THE PATH OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WIDE. THE MOST
SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN AN RV PARK, WHERE 16 UNANCHORED TRAVEL
TRAILERS WERE ROLLED AND DESTROYED. THE SOUTH END OF THE TRAILER
PARK WAS DOWNSTREAM FROM OPEN AREAS, WHICH LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS AND GREATER DAMAGE IN THAT SPECIFIC SECTION OF
THE PARK. ONE INJURY WAS REPORTED, BUT MOST RESIDENTS HAD EITHER
EVACUATED TO A SHELTER OR WERE NOT HOME AT THE TIME. AN
OVERTURNED PICKUP TRUCK AT THE SITE WAS LIKELY PUSHED OVER BY
ADJACENT ROLLING TRAILERS. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED SNAPPED POWER
POLES, NUMEROUS BROKEN LARGE TREE LIMBS, AND A FEW UPROOTED
TREES. SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ROOF
DAMAGE, INCLUDING METAL BUILDINGS THAT WERE COMPROMISED AFTER
THEIR OVERHEAD DOORS FAILED. MOST WELL-CONSTRUCTED OR NEWER
STRUCTURES SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE OR REMAINED UNSCATHED.
PEAK WIND SPEEDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN NEAR 100 MPH.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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