Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 10, 10:03 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 10 mi N of Hereford
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.967, -102.400
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 10 to 11, 2002
and an isolated tornado.
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
- 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 struck during the early morning hours across the western and northern Texas panhandle producing large hail...high winds...and an isolated tornado.
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 10, 3:02 PM CST, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:02 PM CST, 7 hours 1 minute before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002 WMFNT FEATURE IS ABT TO ENTER SWRN CORNER OF FCST AREA ATTM. MDT LOW-LVL FLOW HAS REPLENISHED MSTR INTO UPR 40S TO MID 50S IN ALL BUT NWRN CORNER OF FCST AREA. DVLPG DRYLN EXPCD TO ENTER W-CNTRL ZNS BFR SS. 100KT JET AT H2 WL ENTER WRN ZNS THIS EVE...AND H5 50 KT JET WL ARRIVE IN NWRN ZNS BFR SS. DEEP CNVGNC SEEN IN CLR AIR OVR NERN NM AND SERN CO. EXPC THAT TSTMS WL DVLP ALG DRYLN AND WMFNT THIS EVE...AND SVR POTENTIAL WL EXIST...SPLY DUE TO SHEARED AMS. WL CALL FOR SCT TSTMS 1ST PD. SERN ZNS WL HAVE TO OVERCOME DEEP DVGNC INITIALLY. HAVE REMOVED POPS FM WRN ZNS FOR SAT...AS SWLY SFC WNDS EXPCD TO MIX DRYLN EWD. HAVE RETAINED SLGT CHC ELSEWHERE. ON SAT NGT... CDFNT EXPCD TO ARRIVE IN NRN ZNS BFR 05Z...AND CLR SERN SXNS BFR SR. WITH STG DYNAMICS AND POOLING OF LOW-LVL MSTR BHND FNT...HAVE KEPT CHC TSTMS ALL ZONES. WNDY CONDS WITH FROPA WL ENHANCE CNVGNC. COOLER CONDS ON SUN WITH UPSLP COMPONENT TO LOW-LVL FLOW...AND LOW POPS RETAINED. DRY AMS IN PLACE SUN NGT THRU MON NGT. CHC TSTMS TUE THRU FRI AS MSTR RTRNS. 03 .AMA... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. COCKRELL
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:02 UTC.
Event by event
14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 10, 10:08 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 22 mi NW of Hereford
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.033, -102.667
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 10, 10:28 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Bushland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.183, -102.067
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 10, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 32 mi NNE of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.617, -101.600
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 10, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Fritch
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.633, -101.600
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 10, 11:06 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Sanford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.733, -101.483
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 10, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Stinnett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.817, -101.450
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 10, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 10 mi N of Adrian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.417, -102.683
Hail, Hansford
- When
- May 10, 11:20 PM CST to 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 11 mi S of Spearman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.033, -101.200
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 2 mi S of Hartley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -102.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hartley
- When
- May 10, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, Hartley
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.883, -102.400
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 10, 11:54 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 12 mi SW of Perryton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.283, -100.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Ochiltree
- When
- May 11, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 11, 12:04 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 11, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 1 mi NW of Boys Ranch
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -102.267
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 11, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 1 mi W of Boys Ranch
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.533, -102.267
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 11, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 1 mi S of Channing
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.667, -102.333
Tornado, Moore
- When
- May 11, 12:51 AM CST to 12:53 AM CST
- Where
- Moore County, 1 mi W of Masterson
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.633, -101.983
The tornado occurred over open country and no damage was reported. A couple of trees were reported to be knocked over along with downed powerlines. The tornado path length and width were estimated.
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, May 10, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 10, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 10, 2002
- Flooding in Alaska, May 10 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alabama, May 10, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, May 10 to 11, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 10, 2002
- High Wind in California, May 10 to 11, 2002
- Flooding in Wisconsin, May 10 to 12, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 10, 2002
- Hail in Georgia, May 10, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Oregon, May 10 to 11, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2002Warnings in Texas, May 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: 5296583, 5296584, 5296585, 5296586, 5296587, 5296588, 5296589, 5296590, 5296591, 5296592, 5296593, 5296594, 5296595, 5296596, 5296597, 5296598, 5296599, 5296582.