Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T18:05
End: 2002-06-26T21:17
Location: Texas

June 26, 2002 · NWS AMA · 8 events in 3 counties and zones

central and eastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours. The storms produced high winds and some hail.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 moved across the southwestern...central and eastern Texas panhandle during the early evening hours. The storms produced high winds and some hail.

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 26, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
400 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD DURING THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS OR SO. SEVERAL
VORTICITY MAXIMA EMBEDDED WITHIN AND AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE
RIDGE WILL PASS OVER THE AREA AS WELL. MEANWHILE...AS PREVIOUS
FORECAST SHIFT NOTED...WX FEATURES NEAR THE SURFACE ARE SOMEWHAT
WEAK AND DISORGANIZED...WITH MOST NOTABLE FEATURE A WEAK BOUNDARY
ACROSS THE OK PANHANDLE. IT IS MOST LIKELY WHAT IS LEFT OF LAST
NIGHT/S OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
JUST NORTH OF IT MAY SUGGEST IT IS THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT.
IRREGARDLESS...CONVECTION HAS INITIATED ALONG IT. HIGH BUOYANCY/LOW
SHEAR ENVIRONMENT WITH BROAD TEMPERATURE-DEWPOINT SPREADS SUGGEST
ISOLATED SEVERE WITH WIND THE PRIMARY THREAT THROUGH THE EVENING.

SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO PREVIOUS
FORECAST. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BROADEN AND FLATTEN THIS WEEKEND
WITH ITS AXIS SHIFTING EAST OVER THE PLAINS. SURFACE WX PATTERN AS
STATED EARLIER WILL REMAIN RATHER BENIGN WITH PERHAPS A NOTABLE
TROUGH DEVELOPING IN EASTERN CO/NM LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH TREND
TOWARDS SLIGHT CHANCE EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOKS REASONABLE AS FLOW ALOFT
WEAKENS AND TURNS MORE NORTHEASTERLY.

FCSTID = 4

AMARILLO    66 89 65 92 /  30 30 30 30
BEAVER      68 87 66 91 /  40 30 30 30
BOISE CITY  65 87 63 89 /  30 30 30 30
BORGER      67 88 68 92 /  40 30 30 30
BOYS RANCH  65 89 65 92 /  30 30 30 30
CANYON      66 90 64 92 /  30 30 30 30
CLARENDON   68 89 68 91 /  40 30 30 30
DALHART     65 88 63 90 /  30 30 30 30
GUYMON      67 87 65 92 /  40 30 30 30
HEREFORD    65 90 64 92 /  30 30 30 30
LIPSCOMB    70 87 67 92 /  40 30 30 30
PAMPA       68 88 68 92 /  40 30 30 30
SHAMROCK    70 87 69 91 /  40 30 30 30
WELLINGTON  70 88 70 91 /  40 30 30 30

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

JH

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.

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Event by event

6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: June 26, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, Wheeler
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.450, -100.267

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: June 26, 6:06 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, Wheeler
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.450, -100.267

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: June 26, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, Wheeler
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.450, -100.267

Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler

When: June 26, 6:12 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, Wheeler
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.450, -100.267

Hail, Carson

When: June 26, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Carson County, White Deer
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.433, -101.183

Thunderstorm Wind, Carson

When: June 26, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Carson County, White Deer
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.433, -101.183

Hail, Carson

When: June 26, 8:32 PM CST
Where: Carson County, 2 mi NW of Pantex
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.350, -101.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Oldham

When: June 26, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Oldham County, Vega
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.250, -102.433

What these are

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, June 2002

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: 5304740, 5304741, 5304742, 5304743, 5304744, 5304745, 5304746, 5304747.