Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 25, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Adrian
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -102.683
Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 25 to 26, 2000
Severe thunderstorms blasted through the southern half of the Texas panhandle during the evening hours with large and damaging hail and a brief tornado. There was some sporadic flooding of roads and highways in the eastern Texas panhandle.
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
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 44
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.
Severe thunderstorms blasted through the southern half of the Texas panhandle during the evening hours with large and damaging hail and a brief tornado. There was some sporadic flooding of roads and highways in the eastern Texas panhandle. An estimated ten million dollars in damage noted across Randall and Potter counties.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.
Event by event
38 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 25, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Adrian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -102.683
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 25, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 3 mi SSE of Boys Ranch
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -102.233
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 3 mi SSW of Ady
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.467, -102.133
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 25, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, 10 mi SW of Dumas
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -102.100
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 25, 7:48 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Stinnett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.817, -101.450
Tornado, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 25, 7:51 PM CST to 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 1 mi W of Dawn
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -102.217
Amateur radio trained storm spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown. The tornado track and path width were estimated.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi NW of Canyon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -102.000
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 25, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.533, -100.967
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 9 mi NW of Canyon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.083, -102.033
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 25, 8:26 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, White Deer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -101.183
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 5 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -101.900
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 10 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.133, -101.917
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 3 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.183, -101.867
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.133, -101.900
Damage estimate of ten million dollars includes damage estimated for all of Potter and Randall counties.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 2 mi WSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.183, -101.850
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:32 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 3 mi S of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.817
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:33 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 3 mi SSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -101.833
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi S of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.817
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi SSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.850
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 5 mi S of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.133, -101.817
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 8 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -101.917
Flash Flood, Gray
- When
- May 25, 8:36 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Gray County Emergency Management Office reported roads flooded in the city of Pampa.
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 25, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 3 mi SW of Hereford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.783, -102.433
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi SSW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.850
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 2 mi WNW of (Ama)amarillo Intl A
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -101.750
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, (Ama)amarillo Intl A
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -101.717
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 25, 8:49 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 1 mi SE of (Ama)amarillo Intl A
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.700
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Canyon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.983, -101.917
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 25, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 13 mi SW of Panhandle
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -101.550
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 25, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Adrian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -102.683
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 25, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Pantex
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 35.333, -101.567
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 9:17 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 3 mi S of Canyon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 34.933, -101.917
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi N of Canyon
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.033, -101.917
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 25, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 2 mi N of Panhandle
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.383, -101.383
Flash Flood, Hemphill
- When
- May 25, 9:44 PM CST to 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 8 mi S of Canadian
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff's Office reported stalled vehicles on U.S. Highways 60 and 83.
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- May 25, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 9 mi SW of Claude
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -101.483
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- May 25, 10:14 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.117, -101.367
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- May 25, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Goodnight
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.033, -101.200
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- May 25, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Wayside
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 34.783, -101.550
Flash Flood, Carson
- When
- May 25, 10:47 PM CST to 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 5 mi S of White Deer
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.404, -101.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff's Office reported flooded roadways.
Flash Flood, Randall
- When
- May 25, 10:49 PM CST to 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 18 mi ESE of Canyon
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -101.897 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Park Ranger at Palo Duro Canyon State Park reported low water crossings flooded.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 25, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 16 mi SE of Canyon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 34.817, -101.717
Flash Flood, Gray
- When
- May 25, 11:28 PM CST to May 26, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff's Office reported extensive flooding on roads and highways within the city of Pampa.
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.
- 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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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: 5142385, 5142386, 5142387, 5142388, 5142389, 5142390, 5142391, 5142392, 5142393, 5142394, 5142395, 5142396, 5142397, 5142398, 5142399, 5142400, 5142401, 5142402, 5142403, 5142404, 5142694, 5142761, 5142760, 5142762, 5142763, 5142764, 5142765, 5142766, 5142768, 5142767, 5142772, 5142773, 5142774, 5142775, 5142776, 5142778, 5142777, 5142779, 5142780, 5142769, and more.