Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 2001

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 2001
Start: 2001-04-10T20:25
End: 2001-04-10T23:32
Location: Texas

April 10, 2001 · NWS AMA · 20 events in 9 counties and zones

and tornadoes occurred across the western Texas panhandle during the early evening hours and then moved east and northeast across the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the late evening hours.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $1.4 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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 producing large hail...damaging winds...and tornadoes occurred across the western Texas panhandle during the early evening hours and then moved east and northeast across the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the late 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 Apr 10, 2:45 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:45 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
345 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001

SFC WAVE IS OVR N-CNTRL KS ATTM...SE OF HLC.  DRYLN EXTDS SWWD FM
THIS LOW THRU NWRN CORNER OF OK...TO JUST E OF AMA...TO JUST W OF
HOB.  SFC WAVE HAS TROF AXIS WHICH DIPS SWWD INTO WRN OK PNHDL...
THEN ARCS NWWD TO SFC LOW OVR CNTRL CO...NR LXV.  THIS LOW HAS BEEN
DEEPENING SGFNTLY DURG DAY WITH SFC TROF EXTDG SWD FM SAME THRU
CNTRL NM TO NR ELP.  PAC CDFNT MOVG THRU WRN NM...WITH -SN NOTED
OVR HIR SXNS OF AZ.  H5 LOW CURRENTLY NR CNTRL AZ...WITH COLD POOL
...STG DYNAMICS...AND DIFFLUENT FLOW...OVR AREA OF PRES FALLS...
CNTRL CO THRU SWRN NM.  DRYLN EXPCD TO RETREAT THIS EVE DUE TO
APCHG DYANMICS.

WITH INSTBY AND SHEAR EXPCD TO INCR OVR ERN ZNS...WL FCST NMRS TSTMS.
OVR CNTRL ZNS WL FCST SCT TSTMS...AND WL KEEP SLGT CHC TSTMS GOING
OVR WRN ZNS.  SVR TSTMS EXPCD...SPLY OVR ERN ZNS.  DRYLN...SFC
TROF...AND PAC CDFNT WL ALL MOV THRU PNHDLS BY ARND 06Z...WITH CNVGNC
INCRG THIS EVE.  PRES GRADIENT WL TIGHTEN ENOUGH TO WARRANT ISSUANCE
OF WND ADZY TNGT...AND WL LIKELY BE NEEDED THRU WED MRNG AS WELL.

WED NGT THRU TUE EXPCD TO BE UNEVENTFUL AS H5 FLOW TRENDS TO ZONAL...
AND THEN BACKS AGAIN AHEAD OF NEXT TROF ERY NEXT WK.  WK CDFNT MAY
ENTER FCST AREA ON TUE...BUT MSTR RTRN NOT ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO
FROPA.  03

.AMA...
TX...WIND ADVISORY TNGT TX ZNS 01>20.
OK...WIND ADVISORY TNGT OK ZNS 01>03.

COCKRELL

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:23 UTC.

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Event by event

9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Oldham

When: April 10, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Oldham County, Boys Ranch
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.533, -102.250

Hail, Oldham

When: April 10, 8:27 PM CST
Where: Oldham County, Boys Ranch
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.533, -102.250

Hail, Moore

When: April 10, 8:51 PM CST
Where: Moore County, Masterson
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.967

Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson

When: April 10, 9:13 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 5 mi W of Stinnett
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $70,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.817, -101.533

An eighteen wheeler was blown over on State Highway 152.

Hail, Moore

When: April 10, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Moore County, 15 mi E of Dumas
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.850, -101.700

Tornado, Carson

When: April 10, 9:22 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
Where: Carson County, 8 mi NW of Mc Bride
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.600, -101.567

An official storm damage survey was made on the estimated path length and width. Extensive damage occurred to homes...mobile homes...farm equipment and storage buildings in the Carson and Hutchinson county tornado. This tornado touched down in the Antelope Creek area one mile south of State Highway 136...moved north-northeast for about one and a half miles and lifted north of State Highway 136 in Hutchinson county.

Tornado, Hutchinson

When: April 10, 9:25 PM CST to 9:27 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 1 mi SE of Fritch
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.617, -101.583

An official storm damage survey was made on the estimated tornado path length and width. The tornado touched down in the Antelope Creek area approximately one mile south of State Highway 136. This tornado originally touched down in Carson county and then moved into Hutchinson county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson

When: April 10, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 3 mi E of Fritch
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Property damage: $140,000
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.550

One trailer home was reported destroyed...one trailer home was missing its roof...another trailer home was damaged...and two wood frame houses had severe damage.

Hail, Hutchinson

When: April 10, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 3 mi W of Stinnett
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.817, -101.500

Hail, Hutchinson

When: April 10, 9:34 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, Stinnett
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.817, -101.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Hansford

When: April 10, 9:41 PM CST
Where: Hansford County, Gruver
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.267, -101.400

Tornado, Hansford

When: April 10, 10:06 PM CST to 10:11 PM CST
Where: Hansford County, 5 mi S of Spearman
Rating: F2
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $750,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.133, -101.200

An official storm damage survey was made on the tornado path length and width. The tornado destroyed several grain bins and a grain elevator to Agco facility. Extensive damage also occurred at a local farm...including the home...barns and equipment. Several power poles also were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hansford

When: April 10, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Hansford County, 3 mi S of Spearman
Measured: 69 kt (79 mph)
Property damage: $90,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.150, -101.200

High winds did considerable damage to a home...barn...and sheds on a local farm.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ochiltree

When: April 10, 10:20 PM CST to 10:39 PM CST
Where: Ochiltree County, Huntoon
Measured: 90 kt (104 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.450, -100.633

Visible damage was reported across northeastern Ochiltree county with one home and a barn sustaining severe damage. The Highway 15 storage units were totaled by the extremely high winds and a roundtop at the Roy Hughe place was lifted by the damaging winds and moved about twenty feet. Two large overhead doors were blown down at Tom McGee's building on the west end of Highway 15.

Hail, Ochiltree

When: April 10, 10:33 PM CST
Where: Ochiltree County, Perryton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.400, -100.800

Hail, Hemphill

When: April 10, 10:53 PM CST
Where: Hemphill County, Canadian
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.900, -100.383

Hail, Lipscomb

When: April 10, 10:56 PM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, Booker
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.450, -100.533

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: April 10, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, 9 mi W of Shamrock
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Property damage: $70,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.217, -100.417

An eighteen wheeler was reported blown over and a house lost its roof.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: April 10, 11:01 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, Shamrock
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.217, -100.250

Tornado, Wheeler

When: April 10, 11:17 PM CST to 11:32 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, 5 mi S of Wheeler
Rating: F2
Path length: 6 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.383, -100.267

An official storm damage survey was made of the estimated tornado path length and width. A home and farm equipment were severely damaged. Several large trees and power poles were also knocked down. Several areas of non-tornadic downburst winds were also assessed...primarily in the west and southwest areas of Wheeler county.

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.
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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 2001 Warnings in Texas, April 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: 5244341, 5244342, 5244343, 5244344, 5244345, 5244240, 5244339, 5244346, 5244355, 5244347, 5244348, 5244340, 5244356, 5244354, 5244349, 5244350, 5244351, 5244352, 5244353, 5244239.