EF0 Tornado — Ochiltree, Texas

2024-03-24 · near Perryton, Ochiltree, Texas

Event narrative

This brief tornado touched down shortly after the first tornado as the mesocyclone occluded. Damage to a barn included loss of a door and some lifted roof panels near County Rd K, with additional damage to the Ochiltree Hospital where shingles and

some roof material were blown off just before the tornado lifted. The estimated wind speed of this tornado was 80mph.

Wider weather episode

Lingering surface moisture collected along a dryline which eventually lead to the formation of some thunderstorms along a line from Panhandle to Borger to Guymon. This eventually reached an atmospheric environment of better shear and instability in the eastern portions of the Texas Panhandle as well as in Beaver County, Oklahoma. This result in the intensification of storms and a few of these storms became strong with up to on half inch in diameter hail. Storms strengthened further and became severe producing quarter size hail and winds up to 70 mph. Once the dryline passed the surface relative humidity dropped quickly with gusty winds spreading east across the rest of the Panhandles. This kept critical fire conditions in place across the rest of the Panhandles with severe storms exiting to the east. The strong winds associated with this system did pull in a significant amount of dust and pushed into the southern Texas Panhandle.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1166023. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.