Hail, Beaver
- When
- August 23, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Beaver
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.817, -100.517
Hail in Oklahoma, August 23, 2001
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over the eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours producing hail.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over the eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the evening hours producing 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 Aug 23, 12:45 PM CST, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 12:45 PM CST, 6 hours 18 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 145 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2001 SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. AT UPPER- LEVELS...A FAIRLY VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE IN EASTERN COLORADO WAS MOVING INTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY AND JET ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE POINTED TO PROBABLE STORM INITIATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. EXPECT SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE MOVING TOWARD AND INTO NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MODELS DIFFER AS TO STORM DEVELOPMENT FURTHER WEST. THE ETA AND RUC DEVELOP CONVECTION AGGRESSIVELY IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PANHANDLE LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE AVN DRY. FAVOR THE ETA/RUC SOLUTION (PER COORDINATION WITH SPC) WITH SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING AND PERSISTING THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A SECOND VORT MAX IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS PIECE OF ENERGY SHOULD PUSH SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY AS NORTHWEST FLOW STRENGTHENS. HOWEVER...WITH DEEP LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...STORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN FIRE UP ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE NORTHERN ZONES AND ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION CONTINUING TO HELP FOCUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES SATURDAY NIGHT...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT. WILL UPGRADE TO A CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE EAST ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND IN THE WEST ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE NEW AVN DEPICTING MORE DETAIL IN THE SHORTWAVE PATTERN. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A BIT COOLER THAN NORMAL AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN EARLY IN THE WEEK. A LEE TROUGH SHOULD DEVELOP BY MID WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING AND A BIT DRIER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. AMA 67/93 65/90 63 423 DHT 62/89 61/87 61 422 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. CB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:40 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
OKZ003-TXZ002>020-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 540 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 690... IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...BEAVER...IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... HANSFORD...HARTLEY...MOORE...OCHILTREE...OLDHAM...AND SHERMAN. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE LOCATIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 690 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNYIL 9 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...ARMSTRONG... CARSON...COLLINGSWORTH...DEAF SMITH...DONLEY...GRAY...HEMPHILL... HUTCHINSON...LIPSCOMB...POTTER...RANDALL...ROBERTS...AND WHEELER. ANDRADE
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:29 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ005-008>010-012>020-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 629 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 690. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: POTTER...LIPSCOMB...HUTCHINSON...ROBERTS...HEMPHILL... CARSON...GRAY...DEAF SMITH...RANDALL... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AMARILLO...BOOKER...BORGER... CANADIAN...CANYON...HEREFORD...MIAMI...PAMPA...AND PANHANDLE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 690 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: WHEELER...ARMSTRONG...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CLARENDON...CLAUDE...SHAMROCK... AND WELLINGTON...
Local storm report, Aug 23, 6:36 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
736 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0328 PM JERICHO TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 DONLEY REPORTED BY COUNTY EOC
0341 PM 7 N AMARILLO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 POTTER REPORTED BY ARES SPOTTER
0345 PM 6 N AMARILLO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 POTTER REPORTED BY LOCAL MEDIA
0357 PM 6 N AMARILLO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 POTTER REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE
0405 PM 5 NNE AMARILLO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 POTTER REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0410 PM 15 W CONWAY TX 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
08/23/01 CARSON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0428 PM ASHTOLA TX .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 DONLEY REPORTED BY S.O.
0429 PM JERICHO TX WIND DAMAGE
08/23/01 DONLEY CATTLE TRUCK BLOWN OVER.
REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
0434 PM 2 E CLARENDON TX TORNADO
08/23/01 DONLEY BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. REPORTED
BY S.O.
0450 PM LELIA LAKE TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 DONLEY REPORTED BY S.O.
0505 PM LELIA LAKE TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 DONLEY REPORTED BY ARES SPOTTERS
0510 PM LELIA LAKE TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 DONLEY REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER
0515 PM GOODNIGHT TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 ARMSTRONG REPORTED BY ARES SPOTTER
0517 PM GOODNIGHT TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 ARMSTRONG REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER
0537 PM HEDLEY TX .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 DONLEY REPORTED BY ARES SPOTTER
0545 PM 0.5 S HEDLEY TX WIND DAMAGE
08/23/01 DONLEY 2 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY NWS
SPOTTER
JW/LGThe radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, August 23 to 24, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 23, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 23, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 23, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, August 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 23, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 2001
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: 5267319.