Hail, Wheeler
- When
- July 9, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Allison
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -100.100
Hail in Texas, July 9, 2003
A severe thunderstorm over the southeastern Texas panhandle produced large hail during the late 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 over the southeastern Texas panhandle produced large hail during the late 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 Jul 9, 5:02 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:02 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 600 PM CDT WED 09 JUL 2003 SFC TROUGH IS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD BISECTING THE CWA FROM NE TO SW. GIVEN THE STOUT CAP...SHALLOW DEPTH OF THE TROUGH AND A LACK OF LIFT...HAVE REMOVED POPS FOR TONIGHT AND ADDED CLEAR SKY WORDING. OTHERWISE THE FCST APPEARS WELL IN HAND. ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW... 240 PM CDT WED 09 JUL 2003 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE LOWS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS WELL AS PRECIP CHANCES ON FRI. THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PANHANDLES AROUND SUNSET. LOWER DEWPOINTS BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY LOWER MIN TEMPS TONIGHT WITH THE COLDEST MORNING BEING FRI WHEN WINDS ARE LIGHTEST. GOOD INSOLATION SHOULD KEEP HIGHS IN THE 90S. THE BEST CHANCE FOR POPS SHOULD BE LATE FRI AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW. MODELS TRY TO BREAK OUT SOME QPF ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES HOWEVER LAPSE RATES ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE SO WILL STICK WITH SLT CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. THE FOUR CORNERS HIGH BUILDS EAST NEXT WEEK ENSURING WARM TEMPS AND NO POPS THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. KEPT HIGHS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE MRF MOS IN THE DAYS 5-7 PERIODS AS IT SEEMED TO SHOW A CLIMO BIAS. PRELIM NUMBERS FOLLOW... FCSTID = 10 AMARILLO 63 91 61 96 / 10 00 00 00 BEAVER 63 94 62 97 / 20 00 00 00 BOISE CITY 58 91 62 96 / 10 00 00 00 BORGER 66 93 64 97 / 10 00 00 00 BOYS RANCH 64 93 63 96 / 10 00 00 00 CANYON 63 91 62 95 / 00 00 00 00 CLARENDON 68 92 65 97 / 10 00 00 00 DALHART 61 91 61 96 / 00 00 00 00 GUYMON 61 94 61 96 / 10 00 00 00 HEREFORD 62 93 63 95 / 00 00 00 00 LIPSCOMB 65 95 62 97 / 20 00 00 00 PAMPA 66 92 62 97 / 10 00 00 00 SHAMROCK 69 95 65 98 / 10 00 00 00 WELLINGTON 71 95 67 98 / 10 00 00 00 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. HENNIG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 12:00 PM CST, 10 hours 45 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101200- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT WED JUL 9 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. JORDAN
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 2003
- Heat in Missouri, July 9 to 11, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 9 to 20, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 9 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 9, 2003
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, July 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 9, 2003
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2003
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: 5379132.