Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, May 27, 2001

May 27, 2001 · NWS AMA · 9 events in 3 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms with large hail pounded the eastern and northeastern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.

Where it happened

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

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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 pounded the eastern and northeastern Texas panhandle during the 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 May 27, 12:35 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:35 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
135 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

A COMPLICATED SITUATION IS IN PLACE FOR THE AREA AND WILL PUT
UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF EVENTS. RADAR SHOWS SOME LEFTOVER
BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS ACTIVITY. AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS
DIFFICULT TO PLACE BUT APPEARS TO BE NEAR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. AT THE
SAME TIME...A DRYLINE IS POISED IN EASTERN NM AND SHOULD MOVE
EASTWARD INTO THE CWA BEFORE DARK. AN INSTABILITY LINE APPEARS
STRETCHED FROM SE CO TO SW KS AND INTO OK. THIS WILL PUT OUR NE IN
THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACTIVE WEATHER AS ALL THE INGREDIENTS COME
TOGETHER THIS EVENING.

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NORTHWEST FLOW AND PLENTY OF
MOISTURE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE TO WORK ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. A
WAVE MOVES TOWARD THE AREA AT MIDWEEK AND PROVIDES FURTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS.

NW FLOW ALOFT HANGS ON INTO THE LATE WEEK AS A WEAKER SYSTEM
SETTLES IN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. INDICATORS STILL SHOW A DRIER
LATE WEEK...SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES THERE.

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

WYNNE

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lipscomb

When
May 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Lipscomb County, Follett
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
36.433, -100.133

Hail, Lipscomb

When
May 27, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Lipscomb County, Lipscomb
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.233, -100.267

Hail, Lipscomb

When
May 27, 7:13 PM CST
Where
Lipscomb County, Darrouzett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
36.433, -100.317

Hail, Lipscomb

When
May 27, 7:31 PM CST
Where
Lipscomb County, Lipscomb
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.233, -100.267

Hail, Hemphill

When
May 27, 8:22 PM CST
Where
Hemphill County, Canadian
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.900, -100.383

Hail, Hemphill

When
May 27, 8:23 PM CST
Where
Hemphill County, Canadian
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
35.900, -100.383

Hail, Wheeler

When
May 27, 8:50 PM CST
Where
Wheeler County, Briscoe
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
35.583, -100.283

Hail, Wheeler

When
May 27, 9:05 PM CST
Where
Wheeler County, 1 mi S of Allison
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
35.583, -100.100

Hail, Wheeler

When
May 27, 9:11 PM CST
Where
Wheeler County, 9 mi E of Wheeler
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
35.450, -100.100

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.

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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: 5247786, 5247787, 5247788, 5247789, 5247790, 5247791, 5247792, 5247793, 5247794.