Oklahoma, 2001

Hail in Oklahoma, April 5, 2001

April 5, 2001 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms developed over the central Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours producing large hail.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 developed over the central Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours producing large hail.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 4, 9:20 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:20 PM CST, 3 hours before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1020 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001

UPDT TO ZONES BEING ISSUED...ADDING SCT TSTMS TO S-CNTRL AND SWRN
ZNS. STG/SVR TSTMS ALG RETREATING DRYLN S OF FCST AREA MOVG NNE TWD
2000-3000 J/KG CAPES IN PLACE OVR CNTRL AND ERN TX PNHDL.  H5 VOT MAX
HAS RMND INTACT PAST 6 HRS AS IT MOVS NEWD.  SFC SELY WNDS EXPCD TO
RMN AOA 15 KT IN AREAS E OF DRYLN NEXT FEW HRS AS LLJ DVLPS OVR ERN
ZNS. NO CHANGES TO LATER PDS.  03

.AMA...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Texas

When
April 5, 12:20 AM CST to 12:38 AM CST
Where
Texas County, Hardesty
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.617, -101.200

Hail, Texas

When
April 5, 12:38 AM CST
Where
Texas County, Hardesty
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
36.617, -101.200

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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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: 5243885, 5243886.