Hail, Roberts
- When
- May 25, 4:02 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County, Miami
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -100.630
Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 25, 1999
A cold front moving slowly south across the southern Texas panhandle and a vigorous low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states helped to trigger a damaging hail outbreak across mainly the southern half of the Texas panhandle. The severe thunderstorms also produced high winds, flooding rainfall, and a few tornadoes along with the damaging large hail.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $9.3 million
- Crop damage
- $1.8 million
- Events
- 46
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 cold front moving slowly south across the southern Texas panhandle and a vigorous low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states helped to trigger a damaging hail outbreak across mainly the southern half of the Texas panhandle. The severe thunderstorms also produced high winds, flooding rainfall, and a few tornadoes along with the damaging large hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
35 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Donley
- When
- May 25, 4:24 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, 5 mi S of Clarendon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -100.900
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 25, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, New Mobeetie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.430
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 25, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, New Mobeetie
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.430
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 25, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.970
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Buffalo Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -102.120
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 25, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 3 mi W of Samnorwood
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -100.330
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Buffalo Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -102.120
Reported at Highway 60 and Farm to Market Road 168.
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 5 mi W of Canyon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -102.000
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:00 PM CST to 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo to 5 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.880
Large hail damaged a total of eight hundred and fifty automobiles at Gene Messer Ford in southwest Amarillo and Westgate Chevrolet on the west side of Amarillo causing a total of two and a half million dollars. The rest of the damage was to other people's cars , roof damage, windows of homes and sky lights.
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 25, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, Channing
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -102.330
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 6 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.920
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:05 PM CST to 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Canyon to 8 mi NNW of Canyon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -102.020
The tornado damaged an out building and the track was estimated.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:07 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Amarillo to 5 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.7 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.900
Large hail damaged a total of eight hundred and fifty automobiles at Gene Messer Ford in southwest Amarillo and Westgate Chevrolet on the west side of Amarillo causing a total of two and a half million dollars. The rest of the damage was to other people's cars, roof damage, windows of homes and sky lights.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 3 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -101.920
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 1 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -101.920
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 2 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -101.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler
- When
- May 25, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Twitty
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -100.230
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:19 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 7 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -101.900
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -101.900
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 25, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Wheeler
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 25, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Boys Ranch
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -102.250
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -101.900
Large hail damaged siding and broke windows in homes and also caused roof damage in south and southwest Amarillo.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:27 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 6 mi N of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -101.820
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 5 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.900
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 25, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Wheeler
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 4 mi E of Bushland
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -102.000
Flash Flood, Randall
- When
- May 25, 5:47 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Minor street flooding reported.
Flash Flood, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:50 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 4 mi W of Amarillo
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Minor street flooding reported.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 10 mi N of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -101.820
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 2 mi N of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -101.820
Flash Flood, Potter
- When
- May 25, 6:05 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 3 mi W of Amarillo
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Minor street flooding from heavy rainfall.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 5 mi E of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.730
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- May 25, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -101.370
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 7 mi NW of Canyon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -102.000
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 25, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, Dawn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -102.200
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 7:39 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 8 mi NW of Canyon
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $1.8 million
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -102.020
Large hail beat crops, mostly wheat crops, to the ground.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Umbarger
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -102.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Randall
- When
- May 25, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Umbarger
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -102.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Randall
- When
- May 25, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi SW of Canyon
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -101.970
Tornado, Randall
- When
- May 25, 7:55 PM CST to 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi W of Canyon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.980
Tornado killed a horse and destroyed a barn. Storm survey was done on this tornado.
Hail, Donley
- When
- May 25, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, Clarendon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -100.900
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 1 mi S of Canyon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -101.920
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 25, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Wildorado
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -102.200
Flash Flood, Donley
- When
- May 25, 8:20 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, 4 mi E of Clarendon
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -100.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding reported at Farm to Market Road 1260 from heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood, Randall
- When
- May 25, 9:45 PM CST to 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 14 mi SE of Canyon
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding on Highway 287 from heavy rainfall.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, May 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 25, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1999
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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: 5698474, 5698475, 5698476, 5698477, 5698478, 5698479, 5698480, 5694349, 5694354, 5694350, 5694351, 5694353, 5694352, 5698483, 5694355, 5694356, 5694357, 5694358, 5694359, 5693853, 5693854, 5693855, 5693856, 5693857, 5693858, 5693859, 5693860, 5693861, 5693862, 5693863, 5693864, 5693865, 5693866, 5693867, 5693868, 5693869, 5693870, 5693871, 5693872, 5693873, and more.