Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 2002
Start: 2002-06-17T19:20
End: 2002-06-17T21:55
Location: Texas

June 17, 2002 · NWS AMA · 18 events in 4 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms with high winds and large hail moved across the central and south-central 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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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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 high winds and large hail moved across the central and south-central 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 Jun 17, 2:47 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:47 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
347 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2002

THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS A
RESULT OF SUBSTANTIAL DAYTIME HEATING OVERCOMING CAPPING INVERSION.
STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...GIVEN
STRONG UPDRAFT POTENTIAL AND HIGH CLOUD BASES. WILL KEEP POPS
THROUGH TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND STRENGTHENING
NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET.

UPPER LEVEL PATTERN BECOMES WESTERLY UNDER INFLUENCE OF FLAT RIDGE.
REDUCE CHANCE OF PRECIP TO SLIGHT...PARTICULARLY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND
DIFFLUENT. PRESENCE OF COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IMPROVE
POTENTIAL FOR STORMS.

LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR POSSIBLE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING
OVER WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO PER AVIATION/GFS MODEL. THIS PATTERN
COULD MODIFY TEMPERATURES DURING THE LATER END OF FORECAST.

FCSTID = 8

AMARILLO    64 91 66 91 /  30 20 20 20
BEAVER      65 93 66 92 /  30 20 20 20
BOISE CITY  61 92 62 90 /  30 20 20 20
BORGER      64 93 66 91 /  30 20 20 20
BOYS RANCH  62 91 65 90 /  30 20 20 20
CANYON      64 91 66 91 /  20 20 20 20
CLARENDON   66 94 68 92 /  30 20 20 20
DALHART     61 91 63 90 /  30 20 20 20
GUYMON      63 93 65 92 /  30 20 20 20
HEREFORD    63 91 66 90 /  20 20 20 20
LIPSCOMB    66 94 68 92 /  30 20 20 20
SHAMROCK    66 94 69 93 /  30 20 20 20
WELLINGTON  67 94 69 93 /  30 20 20 20

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

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:20 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sherman

When: June 17, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Stratford
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.417, -102.067

Hail, Hutchinson

When: June 17, 7:43 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 3 mi S of Stinnett
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.767, -101.450

Hail, Hutchinson

When: June 17, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, Fritch
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson

When: June 17, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, Fritch
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.600

The town of Sanford reported three to four inch limbs broken off of trees.

Hail, Hutchinson

When: June 17, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, Fritch
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson

When: June 17, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, Fritch
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson

When: June 17, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 2 mi S of Fritch
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.600, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Moore

When: June 17, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Moore County, Masterson
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.633, -101.967

Powerlines reported down.

Hail, Potter

When: June 17, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 24 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.550, -101.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Potter

When: June 17, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 24 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.550, -101.817

Hail, Potter

When: June 17, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 28 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.600, -101.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Potter

When: June 17, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 14 mi NE of Amarillo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.350, -101.633

Hail, Potter

When: June 17, 8:56 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 19 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.483, -101.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Potter

When: June 17, 8:56 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 16 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.433, -101.817

Hail, Potter

When: June 17, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 10 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.350, -101.817

Hail, Potter

When: June 17, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 10 mi N of Amarillo
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.350, -101.817

Thunderstorm Wind, Potter

When: June 17, 9:34 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 20 mi NW of Amarillo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.400, -102.067

Hail, Potter

When: June 17, 9:55 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 5 mi E of Bushland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.183, -101.983

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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: 5305410, 5305411, 5305412, 5305494, 5305495, 5305496, 5305508, 5305507, 5305497, 5305498, 5305499, 5305500, 5305501, 5305502, 5305503, 5305504, 5305505, 5305506.