NWS Amarillo TXSV.W 0315September 15, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Hemphill and Lipscomb, TX
The National Weather Service office in Amarillo issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Hemphill and Lipscomb in Texas, which was in force until 6:15 p.m. local time on September 15. It was the 315th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Amarillo issued in 2026. Texas had 158 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 78 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Texas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Amarillo TX
- Area
- Hemphill and Lipscomb
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:13 p.m. CDT, September 15, 2026
- Expires
- 6:15 p.m. CDT, September 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KAMA SV.W 0315
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
SVRAMA The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas... North central Hemphill County in the Panhandle of Texas... * Until 615 PM CDT. * At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Glazier, or 12 miles south of Lipscomb, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. * Locations impacted include... Higgins and Glazier.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 20082,144 a year
- Every warning type in Texas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels