Thunderstorm Wind, Texas
- When
- August 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 1 mi W of Hooker
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.867, -101.233
Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 3, 2003
A severe thunderstorm produced high winds at the Hooker Oklahoma Mesonet site 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
- 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.
A severe thunderstorm produced high winds at the Hooker Oklahoma Mesonet site 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 3, 2:50 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:50 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 345 PM CDT SUN 03 AUG 2003 FEW CHANGES NEEDED. THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE RATHER COOL WITH THE TEMPERATURES. THE FORECAST WILL RETAIN THE WARM AFTERNOON VALUES THIS WEEK. IN THE SHORT TERM...TWEAKED POPS FOR CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN WESTERN AREAS. WILL CARRY CHANCES THROUGH THE FIRST PERIOD. THE MAIN CONSIDERATION WAS THE PROGRESS...OR LACK OF IT INTO THE CWA. UNLESS A BIG STORM COMPLEX DEVELOPES TO THE NORTH...THE FRONT MAY BE TOO FAR NORTH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FRONT WAS STALLED A BIT FURTHER NORTH IN THE CWA. IN THE EXTENDED...THE RIDGE WILL SETTLE MOVE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN MAY SLIDE BACK TO THE WEST AFTERWARD. NO CHANGED ANTICIPATED. WILL KEEP THE VALUES ABOVE THE INDICATORS FOR NOW. COORD WITH LBB. FCSTID = 21 AMARILLO 68 97 67 96 / 20 20 20 20 BEAVER 67 95 68 96 / 30 20 20 20 BOISE CITY 64 96 62 94 / 30 20 20 20 BORGER 73 101 71 97 / 20 20 20 20 BOYS RANCH 68 99 65 97 / 20 20 20 20 CANYON 69 97 66 95 / 20 20 20 20 CLARENDON 71 101 71 98 / 20 20 20 20 DALHART 65 95 63 95 / 30 20 20 20 GUYMON 67 97 66 95 / 30 20 20 20 HEREFORD 69 99 66 98 / 20 20 20 20 LIPSCOMB 69 97 68 95 / 30 20 20 20 PAMPA 70 99 68 97 / 20 20 20 20 SHAMROCK 72 99 69 97 / 20 20 20 20 WELLINGTON 74 102 71 96 / 20 20 20 20 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. WYNNE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 12:00 PM CST, 8 hours 45 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-041115- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SCHNEIDER
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 3, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 3, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 3, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Utah, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 3, 2003
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: 5374388.