Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 29, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 29, 2001
Start: 2001-05-29T04:15
End: 2001-05-29T04:45
Location: Oklahoma

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

Severe thunderstorms with high winds moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours.

Where it happened

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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 with high winds moved across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning 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, 2:24 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:24 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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

WIDESPREAD CONVECTION HAS MOVED OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE SINCE ABOUT 07Z THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE REPORTS SO
FAR BUT RECENT TRENDS FROM AMARILLO 88D SUGGEST SCATTERED STRONG
STORMS OVER RANDALL COUNTY WITH OTHER NUMEROUS/INTENSE CELLS BETWEEN
DALHART AND HEREFORD. STORMS WILL QUICKLY TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN ZONES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE EXITING THE
EASTERN ZONES BY MID MORNING. APPEARS STRONG WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY
CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS. AMARILLO VAD WIND PROFILER SHOWS LOW LEVEL
JET OF 25 KTS HAS BACKED WITH GOOD VEERING THROUGH 6KM.

MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING OVER CENTRAL NM EXPECTED TO DRAMATICALLY
WEAKEN CAPPING INVERSION THAT WAS SO PREVALENT YESTERDAY. DRYLINE
CURRENTLY ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOOT HILLS OF NM EXPECTED TO MIX
EASTWARD LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EFFECT OF MORNING CONVECTION OVER
PANHANDLES ON DRYLINE LOCATION LATER TODAY IS UNCERTAIN AND
CONFIDENCE THAT THE DRYLINE WILL REACH THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE IS
CONSIDERABLY LOW. UPPER TROUGH OVER NEW MEXICO AND ASSOCIATED 50KT
5H SPEED MAX SHOULD ALLOW FOR DECENT VERTICAL PROFILES LATER TODAY
TO KEEP THE SEVERE THREAT GOING WHEN AIRMASS RECOVERS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON IN RELATIVELY UNCAPPED ATMOSPHERE. SATELLITE IMAGERY
SUGGESTS A GOOD BIT OF SUNSHINE/WARMING ONCE MORNING CONVECTION
ENDS.

AS UPPER TROUGH EXITS WEDNESDAY HIGH PLAINS COOL FRONT EXPECTED
TO REACH NORTHWEST ZONES LATER TONIGHT WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
SPREADING OVER THE PANAHNADLES ON WEDNESDAY. REASONS TO MAINTAIN
POPS INCLUDE LITTLE CAP...STRONG INSOLATION AND MODERATE
INSTABILTY. FLOW ALOFT ALSO EXPECTED TO MAKE A SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHWEST TRANSITION AS WELL.

NO CHANGES PLANNED TO EXTENDED.

PRELIM CCF...
AMA TB 86/59 79/55 80 342
DHT TB 85/55 77/52 77 462

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

SLATTERY

The radar

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Texas

When: May 29, 4:15 AM CST
Where: Texas County, 1 mi W of Hooker
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.867, -101.233

Thunderstorm Wind, Beaver

When: May 29, 4:45 AM CST
Where: Beaver County, 1 mi SSW of Beaver
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 36.800, -100.517

What these are

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

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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: 5247540, 5247541.