Hail, Donley
- When
- June 10, 3:21 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, 5 mi NW of Hedley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -100.730
Hail in Texas, June 10, 1999
The combination of outflow boundaries from earlier thunderstorms along with a cold front over southwestern Kansas moving into the northwest Texas and western Oklahoma panhandles served as a triggering mechanism for severe thunderstorms with large and damaging hail across the western and central Texas panhandle during the evening hours.
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
- $8.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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.
The combination of outflow boundaries from earlier thunderstorms along with a cold front over southwestern Kansas moving into the northwest Texas and western Oklahoma panhandles served as a triggering mechanism for severe thunderstorms with large and damaging hail across the western and central Texas panhandle during the evening hours.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
Event by event
25 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oldham
- When
- June 10, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 10 mi W of Vega
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -102.620
Hail, Oldham
- When
- June 10, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Vega
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -102.430
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- June 10, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 10 mi N of Dawn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -102.200
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 10, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Bushland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -102.070
Hail, Oldham
- When
- June 10, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Vega
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -102.430
Hail, Oldham
- When
- June 10, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Wildorado
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -102.200
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 10, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 7 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -101.900
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 10, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 8 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.970
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 10, 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 8 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.970
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 10, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 7 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.930
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -101.920
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 7 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -101.920
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -101.920
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -101.900
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 9 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -101.930
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 1 mi W of Canyon
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.930
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 2 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -101.920
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 12 mi S of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -101.820
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 2 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $8.0 million
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -101.920
Three car dealerships just north of Canyon sustained heavy damage to around two hundred to three hundred vehicles and to their buildings with an estimated cost of one and a half million to two million dollars per dealership. The rest of the damage was to windows, skylights and roofs of homes on the north side of Canyon.
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.880
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi NE of Canyon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -101.870
Hail, Randall
- When
- June 10, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 12 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -101.970
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 10, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 14 mi SW of Claude
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -101.550
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 10, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 12 mi SW of Claude
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -101.520
What these are
- 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
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- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 10, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, June 10, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 10, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Iowa, June 10, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 10, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 10, 1999
More
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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: 5704218, 5704219, 5704220, 5704221, 5704222, 5704223, 5704224, 5704225, 5704226, 5704227, 5704228, 5704229, 5704230, 5704231, 5704232, 5704233, 5704234, 5704235, 5704236, 5704312, 5704313, 5704314, 5704315, 5704316, 5704317.