Hail in Texas, August 24, 2001

Name: Hail in Texas, August 24, 2001
Start: 2001-08-24T16:25
End: 2001-08-24T19:38
Location: Texas

August 24, 2001 · NWS AMA · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms with large hail developed over the southeastern and the northeastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 large hail developed over the southeastern and the northeastern Texas panhandle during the early 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 Aug 24, 12:50 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 12:50 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
150 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED WEAK LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. AT
UPPER-LEVELS...A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE COUPLED WITH FAIRLY
STRONG INSTABILITY WILL MAKE INITIATION PROBABLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
ZONES THIS AFTERNOON WITH STORMS CONTINUING THIS EVENING. THE SYSTEM
WILL EXIT TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTH INTO THE
PANHANDLES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION SLOWLY INCREASING.
A SECOND VORT MAX WILL PUSH SOUTH OUT OF SOUTHERN COLORADO SATURDAY
WITH CONVECTION FIRING UP ALONG THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY NIGHT. STORMS MAY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE
WESTERN ZONES WITH INFLUENCE FROM SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY REMAINING
POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE MONDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. NORTHWEST FLOW
WILL PERSIST ALOFT WITH STORM CHANCES CONTINUING AS AN THE OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY GETS WASHED OUT TO THE SOUTH. BY
TUESDAY NIGHT...A LEE TROUGH SHOULD GET GOING...RETURNING WINDS
TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS MAY DRY THINGS OUT A BIT WEDNESDAY IN BETWEEN
WAVES ALOFT. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT PUSHING DOWN THURSDAY WITH
PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS IN
THE FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

AMA 65/90 62/84 59 323
DHT 62/88 60/82 57 222

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

CB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 11:54 AM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-242100-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1254 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF LINE FORM GUYMON
OKLAHOMA TO AMARILLO TEXAS. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE
FOUND ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL SURFACE
BOUNDARIES REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION. A STRONG UPPER AIR SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA
THROUGH TONIGHT.

STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL BE
LIFTED OVER THE SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND THE WINDS ALOFT WILL HELP
THE AIR RISE. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLES. THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...WITH SOME LARGE
HAIL POSSIBLE.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

GOEHRING

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Donley

When: August 24, 4:25 PM CST
Where: Donley County, Howardwick
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.067, -100.917

Hail, Donley

When: August 24, 4:42 PM CST
Where: Donley County, 2 mi S of Howardwick
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.033, -100.917

Hail, Donley

When: August 24, 4:51 PM CST
Where: Donley County, 2 mi S of Howardwick
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.033, -100.917

Hail, Donley

When: August 24, 4:56 PM CST
Where: Donley County, 2 mi SSE of Howardwick
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.033, -100.900

Hail, Lipscomb

When: August 24, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, Darrouzett
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.433, -100.317

Hail, Lipscomb

When: August 24, 7:38 PM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, 6 mi E of Booker
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.450, -100.433

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, 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: 5267207, 5267208, 5267209, 5267210, 5267211, 5267212.