Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 29, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 29, 2001
Start: 2001-05-29T15:47
End: 2001-05-29T19:30
Location: Oklahoma

May 29, 2001 · NWS AMA · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms containing large hail and high winds developed over the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours.

Where it happened

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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 containing large hail and high winds developed over the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours.

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 May 29, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
315 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

AMS OVR PNHDLS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND IS SHEARED WELL.  H5 VOT MAX WITH
ASSOCD COLD POOL MOVG TWD WRN ZNS ATTM.  LOW-LVL MSTR FLUX CNVGNC IS
MAXIMIZED OVR WRN ZNS.  AREAL QUALIFIERS WILL BE USED ALL SXNS 1ST
PD.  WSHFT EXPCD LATE TNGT.  NELY SFC WNDS ON WED WL BRING MORE
STABLE AIR INTO AREA WITH LITTLE CNVGNC OVR AREA.  WL REMOVE POPS WED
FM ALL BUT ERN ZNS WHERE SOME PCPN MAY LINGER DURG MRNG.  ALSO
REMOVED POPS FOR WED NGT AS SFC RDG BUILDS INTO AREA.  SOME RECOVERY
OF MSTR PSBL FOR THU AND THU NGT OVR WRN ZNS...SO INTRODUCED SLGT CHC
POPS THOSE LOCATIONS.  WL KEEP EXTDD DRY AS WK TO MDT NWLY FLOW PVLS.
03

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

COCKRELL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 11:54 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-292100-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1254 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER ALL OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
TODAY. A SURFACE DRYLINE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT APPROACHES THE TEXAS STATE LINE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.
FINALLY...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD AND INTO THE
PANHANDLES LATE TONIGHT. THESE FEATURES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK FOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE
HAIL. FAVORABLE SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WILL ALSO SUPPORT
ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO
BE A CONCERN.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LIKELY ACTIVATION
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

Local storm report, May 29, 12:56 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
156 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1059 AM    CONLEN                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/01   DALLAM                         REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER.

0130 PM    15 E FORGAN               OK   .75 INCH HAIL
05/29/01   BEAVER                         REPORTED BY BEAVER EOC.

KP/TS

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Texas

When: May 29, 3:47 PM CST
Where: Texas County, Hardesty
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 36.617, -101.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver

When: May 29, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, 1 mi SSW of Beaver
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.800, -100.517

Hail, Beaver

When: May 29, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, 2 mi E of Beaver
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.817, -100.483

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver

When: May 29, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, 1 mi SSW of Beaver
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.800, -100.517

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver

When: May 29, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, 8 mi W of Slapout
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.617, -100.267

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5247797, 5247799, 5247798, 5247800, 5247801.