Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2001
Start: 2001-06-12T17:45
End: 2001-06-12T19:04
Location: Texas

June 12, 2001 · NWS AMA · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms with large hail and high winds occurred across the eastern 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: 4

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 and high winds occurred across the eastern 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 Jun 12, 1:20 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 1:20 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
220 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A DRYLINE IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PANHANDLES WITH A DECENT SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.
AN INSTABILITY AXIS WAS PRESENT ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN ZONES. AN
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE MAY HELP GET ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS GOING
ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN ZONES EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE WARM
TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL PROBABLY CAUSE THE STORMS TO DISSIPATE
DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS. WEDNESDAY...A SURFACE LOW
RAPIDLY DEVELOPS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WHICH MAY RESULT IN WIND
ADVISORY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRYLINE SHOULD PUSH
INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON DECREASING THE CHANCE FOR
STORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL ALSO LIMIT MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE
FRONT WHICH WILL FURTHER DIMINISH THE THREAT OF STORMS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. RELATIVELY COOL HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD...THE UPPER TROUGH PUSHES EAST AND RIDGING
STARTS TO RETURN TO THE HIGH PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REALLY HEAT UP. VERY LITTLE SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY
IS EVIDENT ON THE NEW AVN WITH THE MOISTURE PUSHED DOWN INTO CENTRAL
TEXAS. THEREFORE...A DRY FORECAST SEEMS APPROPRIATE WITH THE UPPER
RIDGE TO DOMINATE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

AMA 65/94 59/82 60 -02
DHT 61/92 55/79 58 -02

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

CB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-122100-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
100 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

A DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARPEN ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS EAST OF THE DRYLINE
WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES RISE TO NEAR 100.
ALTHOUGH A LAYER OF VERY WARM AIR REMAINS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...A DISTURBANCE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO INTO THE AREA MAY
PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO ALLOW AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP
NEAR THE DRYLINE. STRENGTHENING WIND PROFILES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR HAIL TO APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS IF
THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP.

DUE TO THE LIMITED NATURE OF THE ACTInVITY...ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

COBB

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Roberts

When: June 12, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Roberts County, Miami
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.700, -100.633

Hail, Roberts

When: June 12, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Roberts County, Miami
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.700, -100.633

Hail, Roberts

When: June 12, 5:52 PM CST
Where: Roberts County, Miami
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.700, -100.633

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: June 12, 7:04 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, 5 mi E of Shamrock
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.217, -100.167

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

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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: 5246977, 5246978, 5246979, 5246980.