Hail, Hartley
- When
- September 7, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 2 mi E of Channing
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -102.300
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, September 7, 2003
Severe thunderstorms produced hail and flash flooding across the central sections of the Texas panhandle during the early evening hours. Severe thunderstorms also produced hail across the northwestern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 4
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 produced hail and flash flooding across the central sections of the Texas panhandle during the early evening hours. Severe thunderstorms also produced hail across the northwestern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon 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 Sep 7, 3:12 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:12 PM CST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 407 PM CDT SUN 07 SEP 2003 STRONG CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING AS THE UPPER LOW AND ITS NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH AXIS IS SLOW TO MOVE OUT. NEXT ROUND OF STORMS COULD DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. WITH SURFACE TROUGH REMAINING WEST OF THE AREA...THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT SLIDES THROUGH THE AREA. A MORE SIGNIFICANT FRONT PUSHES THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND PER GFS SOLUTION. CONFIDENCE IS LOW AFTER COMPARING THE CANADIAN ENSEMBLE AND ECMWF. FCSTID = 08 AMARILLO 58 82 60 86 / 70 30 20 20 BEAVER 58 79 60 88 / 80 40 20 20 BOISE CITY 55 81 58 86 / 80 20 10 30 BORGER 57 81 63 86 / 80 30 20 20 BOYS RANCH 56 80 58 85 / 60 20 10 20 CANYON 58 82 60 86 / 60 20 10 20 CLARENDON 61 83 64 87 / 80 40 20 10 DALHART 56 80 58 85 / 70 20 10 20 GUYMON 57 80 59 87 / 80 30 20 20 HEREFORD 58 83 60 85 / 60 20 10 20 LIPSCOMB 61 81 63 88 / 80 40 20 20 PAMPA 60 82 63 86 / 80 40 20 10 SHAMROCK 62 83 65 88 / 80 40 20 10 WELLINGTON 62 83 65 88 / 80 40 20 10 .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 10:43 AM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-081100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 1143 AM CDT SUN SEP 7 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 AT THIS TIME. 05
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Moore
- When
- September 7, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, 2 mi W of Four Way
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -102.000
Flash Flood, Moore
- When
- September 7, 4:35 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, 3 mi S of Bautista Station
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extensive flooding reported on State Highway 354 and Farm to Market Road 2202.
Flash Flood, Moore
- When
- September 7, 8:31 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding reported in the town of Dumas on the east side.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 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: 5374776, 5374775, 5374773, 5374774.