Severe thunderstorms with large hail and high winds moved across much of the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms with large hail and high winds moved across much of the central and eastern Texas panhandle during the afternoon and evening hours.
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 May 10, 2:25 AM CST, 11 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 325 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005 .DISCUSSION... LATEST SURFACE OBS SHOW MOISTURE IS RETURNING TO THE EASTERN PANHANDLES WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 60S MOVING UP FROM NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS MOISTURE SHOULD HOLD OFF THE CAPROCK AND COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FORM AGAIN WHERE SPC HAS HIGHLIGHTED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE TS. NOT MANY CHANGES MADE AT ALL TO THE EXTENDED PACKAGE DUE TO CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN MODEL SOLUTIONS. THE GFS/NAM CONTINUE WITH THE EARLY ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT ON THURSDAY WHILE THE ECMWF/UKMET/CANADIAN ARE ALL PUTTING OFF THE FRONT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY TO EARLY SATURDAY. HPC IS LEANING TOWARD THE ECMWF AS AM I THUS THIS FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE ABOVE GUIDANCE LATE IN THE WEEK. HENNIG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 89 57 85 54 / 10 10 20 20 BEAVER OK 93 61 81 57 / 20 20 30 30 BOISE CITY OK 87 52 84 44 / 0 10 0 0 BORGER TX 89 60 83 56 / 10 10 20 20 BOYS RANCH TX 89 56 86 52 / 10 10 0 0 CANYON TX 88 57 84 54 / 10 10 10 10 CLARENDON TX 90 61 84 59 / 20 20 30 30 DALHART TX 87 53 86 49 / 0 10 0 0 GUYMON OK 90 58 83 55 / 10 10 20 20 HEREFORD TX 88 55 85 53 / 10 10 0 0 LIPSCOMB TX 93 63 82 59 / 20 20 30 30 PAMPA TX 90 60 83 57 / 20 20 30 30 SHAMROCK TX 93 63 84 61 / 20 20 30 30 WELLINGTON TX 93 65 84 62 / 20 20 30 30 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 08/10
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111100- 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 TUE MAY 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...OR GENERALLY EAST OF A BEAVER OKLAHOMA TO CLAUDE LINE. THE DRYLINE WILL SHARPEN NEAR THIS LINE THIS AFTERNOON AS DRY AIR MIXES WEST OF THE DRYLINE AND GULF MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE EASTERN PANHANDLES. DAYTIME MIXING WILL HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE EAST OF THE DRYLINE...WHICH WILL HELP TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SHEAR PROFILES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. CAUTION IS ALSO ADVISED ON AREA LAKES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GIVEN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE REGION. ON THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE REGION BUT THE TIMING OF THE FRONT AND HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL PROGRESS IS STILL UNCERTAIN. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ACTIVATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. JORDAN
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:09 UTC.
16 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief funnel cloud was reported from developing thunderstorm...however no wall cloud seen.
Reported at a rest stop along Interstate 40.
Wind speed measured at the SchoolNet site in Groom.
Hereford Fire Department reported non-thunderstorm high winds in Hereford.
Reported from State Highway 23.
Reported near Lake Tanglewood.
Reported at the SchoolNet site at the Discovery Center.
Reported near River Road High School.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2005
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: 5450171, 5450173, 5450174, 5450176, 5450175, 5450177, 5450178, 5450179, 5450180, 5450181, 5450258, 5450259, 5450260, 5450261, 5450262, 5450263, 5450172, 5450264, 5450265, 5450266, 5450267.