Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 23, 3:12 AM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Shamrock
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -100.250
Hail in Texas, June 23, 2001
An isolated severe thunderstorm with hail developed over the eastern Texas panhandle during the early morning hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm with hail developed over the eastern Texas 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 Jun 23, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:45 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 245 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2001 LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES AND SOME PASSING ENERGY RIDING ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE SW RIDGE IS CONTRIBUTING TO CURRENT STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS CWA. EXPECT MORE ENERGY TO RIDE SOUTHEAST AROUND RIDGE WHILE LL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE. LATE DAY/EVENING PRECIP IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA TO REMAIN THE RULE. IN THE EXTENDED...H7 TEMP TRENDS SEEM TO SUPPORT A SLOW WARM UP THROUGH THE EARLY WEEK THEN WARM THROUGH FRIDAY. NO FRONTS ARE IN SIGHT AT THIS POINT. PACIFIC MOISTURE MOVING AROUND RIDGE SHOULD KEEP SOME CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE FORECAST. PRELIM NUMBERS: AMA $089/064 091/066 093 222 DHT 089/063 092/065 093 222 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. WYNNE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Connecticut, June 23, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 28, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, June 23, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 25, 2001
- Wildfire in California, June 23 to 24, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New York, June 23 to 24, 2001
- Tornado in Connecticut, June 23, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 23, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 23, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 23, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, June 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5247111.