Texas, 2000Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, October 23, 2000
October 23, 2000 · NWS AMA · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Severe thunderstorms developed across the southwestern and south-central Texas panhandle producing a tornado over the eastern sections of the city of Amarillo along with flooding rains and large hail across the southwestern Texas panhandle.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Severe thunderstorms developed across the southwestern and south-central Texas panhandle producing a tornado over the eastern sections of the city of Amarillo along with flooding rains and large hail across the southwestern Texas panhandle.
Event by event
2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Randall
- When
- October 23, 1:10 PM CST to 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 5 mi SE of Amarillo
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -101.750
The tornado initially touched down near Loop 335 and Whitaker Road five miles southeast of Amarillo. As the tornado moved north...it touched down two or three additional times during its lifetime for only a few seconds each time as it moved across the eastern sections of Amarillo. The tornado caused minor damage to a barn and a few telephone poles in Randall county before moving into Potter county. The tornado path width and length was estimated.
Tornado, Potter
- When
- October 23, 1:15 PM CST to 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 5 mi ESE of Amarillo
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.167, -101.733
The tornado...which began in Randall county...touched down three or four times during its lifetime for only a few seconds each time as it moved across the eastern sections of Amarillo. The tornado caused minor damage at a water park and also a grain elevator in northern Potter county before dissipating. The tornado path width and length was estimated.
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- October 23, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 23 mi W of Hereford
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.817, -102.800
Flash Flood, Oldham
- When
- October 23, 5:45 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, Adrian
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.405, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water was reported over the road one half mile east of intersection 385 and 101. The service road at mile marker 23 south of Interstate 40 was reported under water.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rip Current in Guam, October 23, 20001 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 23, 2000$460,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, October 23 to 24, 2000$175,000 · 9 events
- Tornado in Texas, October 23, 2000$50,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, October 23, 20001 injured · $20,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, October 23, 2000$30,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, October 23 to 24, 2000$20,000 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 23 to 24, 2000$5,000 · 11 events
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 23 to 24, 20006 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 23, 20001.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, October 23, 20002 events
- Hail in New Mexico, October 23, 20000.75 in hail · 2 events
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: 5161178, 5161181, 5161179, 5161180.