Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- June 29, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 8 mi N of Eva
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -101.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
A trough of low pressure at the surface extending into the Texas panhandle from a surface low pressure system over southeast Colorado and a warm front moving north across the Texas panhandle allowed for severe thunderstorms with a couple of tornadoes along with large hail and damaging winds to develop over the central Oklahoma panhandle during the late afternoon hours and then continue through…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A trough of low pressure at the surface extending into the Texas panhandle from a surface low pressure system over southeast Colorado and a warm front moving north across the Texas panhandle allowed for severe thunderstorms with a couple of tornadoes along with large hail and damaging winds to develop over the central Oklahoma panhandle during the late afternoon hours and then continue through the night.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Texas
- When
- June 29, 3:44 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 4 mi N of Eva
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.850, -101.900
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 29, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 8 mi N of Eva
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.920, -101.900
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 3 mi SE of Eva
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.770, -101.870
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 7 mi SE of Eva
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -101.820
Tornado, Texas
- When
- June 29, 4:35 PM CST to 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 7 mi SE of Eva
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -101.820
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 29, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 2 mi W of Goodwell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -101.670
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 29, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Goodwell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.600, -101.630
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 29, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 8 mi NE of Goodwell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.680, -101.530
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 30, 1:27 AM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Optima
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -101.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- June 30, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Optima
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -101.350
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 30, 1:47 AM CST
- Where
- Texas County, Hardesty
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.620, -101.200
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 29, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, June 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes in Colorado, June 29, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 1999Warnings in Oklahoma, June 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5703406, 5704405, 5704406, 5704407, 5704408, 5704409, 5704410, 5704411, 5704412, 5704413, 5704414, 5704415.