Hail, Hartley
- When
- August 8, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 9 mi W of Channing
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -102.500
Hail in Texas, August 8, 2005
A lone severe thunderstorm over the northwest Texas panhandle during the afternoon hours produced large hail. No damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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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 lone severe thunderstorm over the northwest Texas panhandle during the afternoon hours produced large hail. No damage or injuries were reported.
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 8, 2:45 AM CST, 11 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:45 AM CST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 345 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE SHEAR AXIS OR WEAKNESS IN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL LINGER OVER THE FCST AREA TODAY. THIS FEATURE...IN COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING...LOW LVL MOISTURE...AND SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY COULD SERVE TO SPARK SOME TSTMS AGAIN TODAY. SLGT CHC POPS LOOK REASONABLE AT THIS TIME AND WILL RETAIN. TOUGH CALL TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY STORMS THAT MANAGE TO FORM TODAY WILL LINGER INTO EVENING HOURS. FOR NOW...WILL LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE AND MAINTAIN THE SILENT 10 POPS FOR TNGT. NEXT SHIFT CAN BOOST UP IF WARRANTED. UPPER RIDGE PROGGED TO SLOWLY ADVANCE EWD INTO THE PLAINS STATES DURG THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THIS WEEK...THEN E OF THE FCST AREA LATE IN THE WEEK. A RETURN TO TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WX FOR AUGUST EXPECTED. IT APPEARS THAT DURG THE WEEKEND THE RIDGE AXIS MAY BE FAR ENUF E THAT THE FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE MAY DRAW UP SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ALONG WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROFS NEAR OR INTO THE FCST AREA SAT AND SUN. ECMWF/GFS HINTING AT THIS SCENARIO. DECIDED TO TREND TOWARDS MORE CLOUDS AND ADDED 10 POPS FOR SAT AND SUN FOR STARTERS. IF MODEL CONTINUITY CONTINUES...LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO RAISE POPS A LITTLE DURG THAT TIMEFRAME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 88 64 92 65 / 20 10 10 10 BEAVER OK 95 68 96 68 / 20 10 10 10 BOISE CITY OK 92 62 94 64 / 20 10 10 10 BORGER TX 91 66 94 67 / 20 10 10 10 BOYS RANCH TX 91 65 94 66 / 20 10 10 10 CANYON TX 88 63 91 64 / 20 10 10 10 CLARENDON TX 90 68 93 67 / 20 10 10 10 DALHART TX 90 62 93 63 / 20 10 10 10 GUYMON OK 94 66 96 67 / 20 10 10 10 HEREFORD TX 90 63 91 64 / 20 10 10 10 LIPSCOMB TX 94 68 94 67 / 20 10 10 10 PAMPA TX 90 66 92 66 / 20 10 10 10 SHAMROCK TX 93 69 94 68 / 20 10 10 10 WELLINGTON TX 93 69 96 69 / 20 10 10 10 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && ANDRADE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 12:00 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-091100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 100 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OWING TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT...SO LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BE A CONCERN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KRAMAR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:28 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 228 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 TXZ011-016-082015- DEAF SMITH TX-OLDHAM TX- 228 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DEAF SMITH AND OLDHAM COUNTIES... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VEGA AT 228 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN DEAF SMITH AND SOUTHERN OLDHAM COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF VEGA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KRAMAR
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:42 PM CST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 242 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 TXZ006-082030- HARTLEY TX- 242 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HARTLEY COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHANNING AT 242 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN HARTLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KRAMAR
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:15 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 315 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 TXZ016-082100- DEAF SMITH TX- 315 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DEAF SMITH COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL DEAF SMITH COUNTY AT 315 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN DEAF SMITH COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KRAMAR
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 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
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- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 8, 2005
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, August 8, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, August 8, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, August 8, 2005
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, August 8, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 8, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 8, 2005
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 8, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 8, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 8, 2005
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: 5469666.