First Alert

We are tracking a winter weather event that will impact the area starting late tonight in our NW counties, then spreading into much of the area before daybreak tomorrow night and will last until Wednesday afternoon.

A First Alert Day continues due to the impacts of powerful and destructive winds in our area today.

As the High Plains continue to have critically dry fuels along with high winds and high temperatures, the area is looking at elevated wildfire conditions for the remainder of the week, with the biggest concern being tomorrow.

High winds are an understatement in Amarillo and across the Panhandle today.

The First Alert Weather team is looking ahead this week and expects a round of intense wind that will affect activities on Friday.

After a beautiful Monday, our attention here in the weather center has quickly turned to severe weather preparations.

The dry line will set up across the central panhandles

We’re tracking the possibility of severe storms to roll into our area starting Monday afternoon into the overnight hours.

Storms Expected

Some cities south of Amarillo are working to recover from the weekend storms. Here’s some of the road damage going on in a couple of neighborhoods.

We’re tracking a lower, but still present severe weather risk for our Tuesday.

We’re tracking a First Alert Day for possible severe weather late Tuesday into early Wednesday morning.

With severe weather season approaching, you may want to program your weather radio.

A very dynamic storm system will affect the area starting overnight tonight and lasting through the day Wednesday.

The First Alert Weather Team’s storm chasing video from over the weekend shows some of the tornadoes that hit the Texas Panhandle.

As we get ready to head into the weekend, we’re tracking the possibility of a series of severe thunderstorms today and tomorrow.

The NewsChannel10 First Alert Weather Team is tracking significant wildfire danger for the Texas Panhandle region through Wednesday.

Travel is very hazardous and is highly discouraged.

The Armstrong County Sheriff’s Office has blocked off Highway 207 through the Canyons.

The Portales Best Western is open for residents who are without heat.

Xcel Energy and the electric cooperatives in the Texas Panhandle, South Plains and eastern and southeastern New Mexico are setting up another possible round of controlled outages into the morning hours of Tuesday.

Xcel Energy and area electric co-ops are initiating controlled outages in order to protect the grid and maintain reliability during these extreme cold temperatures.

TxDOT and the City of Amarillo want residents to know which roads are priorities for snow and ice operations.

Severe weather season is nearly upon us, and the First Alert Weather Team is gearing up for it.

We are tracking an upper level low that will approach our area bringing much colder temperatures but also the chance of wintry precipitation.

The winter weather in the area has caused some schools to delay opening for Wednesday.

We are tracking another strong cold front and upper level system that will combine across our area tomorrow producing more snow and cold, blustery conditions.

Roads will likely refreeze tonight so travel will continue to be hazardous until sunshine thaws roads late tomorrow morning.

Although several days away, we are now gearing up to track a major cold blast with the potential for some wintry precipitation early next week.

Due to inclement weather, Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport is closed today.