Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- June 29, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, 20 mi N of Hereford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -102.400
Hail in Texas, June 29, 2003
Severe thunderstorms over the southwest and south-central Texas panhandle produced some large and damaging hail during the late evening hours. No injuries were reported from the hail.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 over the southwest and south-central Texas panhandle produced some large and damaging hail during the late evening hours. No injuries were reported from the 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 29, 3:03 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:03 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 344 PM CDT SUN 29 JUN 2003 WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE STILL PRESENT OVER THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION COULD INITIATE IN THIS AREA AND ALONG SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OVER THE EASTERN AREAS. KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING ALTHOUGH UPPER LEVEL FORCING APPEARED TO BE LACKING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE SUSTAINED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY WITH ANTICIPATION OF MCS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD REIGNITE ALONG NEWLY DEVELOPED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MONDAY AFTERNOON/MONDAY EVENING. DRY CONDITIONS PREVAIL THEREAFTER WITH THE DEVELOPING RIDGE AXIS ALOFT. SOME CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN ZONES BY MIDWEEK...BUT WILL BANK THAT THE STORMS WILL STAY EAST. FCSTID = 08 AMARILLO 61 83 64 90 / 40 40 40 00 BEAVER 58 82 62 91 / 30 40 30 00 BOISE CITY 59 80 63 89 / 30 30 30 00 BORGER 59 81 63 90 / 40 40 40 00 BOYS RANCH 60 82 63 89 / 40 40 40 00 CANYON 61 84 64 90 / 50 40 40 00 CLARENDON 65 82 67 92 / 50 50 40 00 DALHART 59 81 62 89 / 40 30 40 00 GUYMON 59 81 62 90 / 30 30 30 00 HEREFORD 61 84 63 90 / 50 40 40 00 LIPSCOMB 61 82 64 91 / 40 40 40 00 PAMPA 62 81 65 91 / 40 40 40 00 SHAMROCK 66 81 68 94 / 40 50 40 00 WELLINGTON 66 82 68 94 / 50 50 40 00 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 12:00 PM CST, 7 hours 57 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-301000- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 05
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 29, 9:03 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 23 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -102.100
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 29, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 23 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -102.100
Several automobile windshields broken from the large hail.
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
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- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 29 to 30, 2003
- Lightning Strikes in New York, June 29, 2003
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, June 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 29, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, June 29, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 29, 2003
- Tornado in Florida, June 29, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 29, 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: 5366447, 5366514, 5366515.