Hail, Texas
- When
- August 30, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 6 mi S of Tyrone
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.867, -101.067
Hail in Oklahoma, August 30, 2002
Severe thunderstorms over the central Oklahoma panhandle produced large hail during the 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
- 2
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 over the central Oklahoma panhandle produced large hail 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 Aug 30, 6:41 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 6:41 PM CST, 31 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 741 PM CDT FRI AUG 30 2002 RIGHT TURNING SUPERCELLS CONTINUE OVER POTTER AND DEAF SMITH COUNTIES. BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED OVER DEAF SMITH COUNTY NEAR SIMMS AROUND 0010Z. NO DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SOUTHWARD MOVING SUPERCELL OVER WEST-CENTRAL POTTER MAY REACH AMARILLO IN THE NEXT HOUR. AXIS OF EXTREME INSTABILITY EXTENDS NORTH-EASTWARD TOWARDS OCHILTREE AND BEAVER COUNTIES WHERE OTHER STORMS ARE DEVELOPING. EXPECT SEVERE EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH 0200Z WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. SLATTERY
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Texas
- When
- August 30, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 6 mi S of Tyrone
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.867, -101.067
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
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 30, 2002
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- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 30, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 30, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 30, 2002
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 30, 2002
- Hail in Montana, August 30, 2002
- Heavy Rain in South Carolina, August 30, 2002
- Heavy Rain in South Carolina, August 30, 2002
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, August 30, 2002
More
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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: 5312770, 5312771.