News

Fire threat today and Thursday

High winds will be an issue today and tomorrow with associated fire danger today. Winds are predicted to be 35-45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph are possible.

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Rain forecasted March 27

Some isolated showers this morning for parts of the TX Panhandle. This will be followed by a stronger upper level disturbance moving through the region which may generate some storms where a few isolated ones may become severe this afternoon where large hail will be the main threat.

Testing Tornado Sirens

The City of Borger will be conducting a makeup test of the outdoor warning sirens today at noon. Previous siren tests were postponed due to severe weather.

Weather for today

US National Weather Service Amarillo Texas The chance for severe weather today looks to be across the central and western Panhandles. Please stay weather aware today.

Heavy rain forecasted for Friday March 22

The National Weather Service is forecasting 90% chance of heavy rain on Friday along with thunderstorms that could produce gusty winds and hail.

Prescribed burn today

The City of Borger will be conducting a prescribed burn today (Wednesday 3/20) west of Cedar Street near Allred Street. Ignitions are expected to begin around 10 a.m.

Update on power outage and Bugby fire 8:23 p.m.

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A message from Xcel

A message from Xcel Energy: Strong winds across portions of Texas and New Mexico served by Xcel Energy have interrupted service to almost 24,000 area electricity customers. Close to 18,000 of those customers are in Texas with about 6,000 out in New Mexico.

Fire in Meadowlark this afternoon

First responders were called out to a fire in Meadowlark earlier this afternoon. At the time it was not disclosed what was the cause of the fire, and no other information was available at the time.