Hail, Hemphill
- When
- May 9, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, Canadian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -100.383
Hail in Texas, May 9, 2001
An isolated severe thunderstorm with large hail developed over the northeastern Texas panhandle during the late evening 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 large hail developed over the northeastern 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 May 9, 5:29 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 5:29 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 629 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001 UPDATED ZNS TO INCREASE POPS TO AREAL COVERAGE TERMS IN NE ZNS. LINE OF STORMS ACROSS OK PNHDL STEADILY MOVING E INTO THAT AREA. LATEST HAND/OBJ ANLYS SHOWS SECONDARY N/S CONVERGENCE LINE ACROSS ERN ZNS WITH HIGHEST SFC BASED INSTABILITY TO THE E IN WRN OK. EXPECT STORMS TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY OR STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE E INTO BEAVER CO. SO FAR ONLY GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL HV BEEN REPORTED. OTHER MORE SCT STORMS ACROSS ERN NM MOVING E INTO WRN ZNS...CURRENT POP COVERAGE IN W LOOKS GOOD. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. COBB
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:12 UTC.
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 and Hail in Minnesota, May 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 9, 2001
- Hail in Texas, May 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 9, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 9, 2001
- Hail in South Dakota, May 9, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, May 9, 2001
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 9, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 2001
- Hail in North Dakota, May 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5247428.