Hail, Hemphill
- When
- May 13, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, Canadian
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.683, -100.250
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 13, 2005
Severe thunderstorms producing hail and a brief tornado moved across the northeast Texas panhandle during the evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported from the severe storms.
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
- 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 producing hail and a brief tornado moved across the northeast Texas panhandle during the evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported from the severe storms.
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 May 13, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 255 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... QUICK DISCUSSION BEFORE STORMS BREAK OUT ONCE AGAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. COOL FRONT PUSHED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AND NOW RUNS FROM NEAR BEAVER OK TO NEAR HEREFORD. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/MOISTURE BOUNDARY PUSHING BACK TO THE WEST RUNS FROM NEAR CLAUDE TO HIGGINS...WITH MESOLOW LOCATED NEAR FLOYDADA IN SRN PLAINS. SFC WINDS ACROSS SE TX PNHDL REMAIN OUT OF SE AND WILL HELP TO HOLD MOISTURE IN PLACE. 18Z KAMA SOUNDING SHOWS STOUT CAP IN PLACE ALOFT...BUT APPROACHING S/W SHOULD HELP TO WEAKEN THIS AND ALLOW FOR TSRA TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN THIRD. SVR POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLD TORNADOES POSSIBLE AND TOR WATCH IS IN PLACE UNTIL 9PM FOR SERN ZONES. MIGHT SEE SOME ELEVATED TSRA BACK WEST OF THE WATCH...AND THIS BEARS WATCHING EVEN IF THE CHANCES ARE SLIM. ADJUSTED POP GRIDS/FCST TO BUMP THEM UP ACROSS THE SERN ZONES AND EXTEND THEM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SHOULD SEE A BRIEF BREAK TOMORROW AND THEN ANOTHER SLIM CHANCE ON SATURDAY AS UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. BEST CHANCES FOR ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN WILL BE ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY OUT WEST ALONG THE TX/NM STATE LINE...AS NWLY FLOW HELPS TO PUSH A S/W ACROSS ALOFT. SLY FLOW THEN BECOMES REESTABLISHED AT SFC FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK AS SHORTWAVE RIDGE DEVELOPS EARLY IN THE WEEK. RAPID PROGRESSION OF SWLY FLOW AND RIDGING CONTINUES THROUGH THE MID TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL POSSIBLY BRING IN MORE CHANCES FOR PRECIP. AS FOR THE FCST... READJUSTED TEMPS FOR SUN AND MON AS WELL AS DEWPT GRIDS. POP GRIDS LOOK GOOD AS WELL AS MOST OTHER FIELDS. OTHER THAN MINOR TWEAKS... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO DAYS 4-7. WILL GET TEXT PRODUCTS OUT EARLY TO FOCUS ON SVR WX POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT. FCSTID = JORDAN && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 49 72 51 68 / 20 10 20 20 BEAVER OK 48 76 48 65 / 20 10 10 20 BOISE CITY OK 44 71 49 71 / 10 0 20 30 BORGER TX 50 76 51 68 / 20 10 20 20 BOYS RANCH TX 46 74 52 72 / 20 10 20 30 CANYON TX 49 74 52 69 / 20 10 20 20 CLARENDON TX 54 75 53 68 / 30 10 20 20 DALHART TX 45 72 49 72 / 10 10 20 30 GUYMON OK 46 74 48 68 / 20 10 20 20 HEREFORD TX 48 73 51 71 / 20 10 20 30 LIPSCOMB TX 52 77 49 65 / 30 10 10 20 PAMPA TX 52 75 51 67 / 30 10 20 20 SHAMROCK TX 56 77 52 67 / 30 10 10 20 WELLINGTON TX 58 77 53 68 / 40 10 10 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 04/17
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 1:40 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 240 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-141100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 240 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 UPDATED TODAY FOR WATCH AND REFINED STORM LOCATIONS THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER OKLAHOMA TO AMARILLO TEXAS. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND DRYLINE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS THE HIGHER INSTABILITY ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLES. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THROUGH 900 PM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AS MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE PANHANDLES AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF STRONG STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHERE THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KRAMAR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:49 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 549 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TXZ015-132330- WHEELER TX- 549 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WHEELER COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MOBEETIE AT 549 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN WHEELER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JORDAN
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:59 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 559 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TXZ004-132345- OCHILTREE TX- 559 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN OCHILTREE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLF CREEK PARK AT 559 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. JJB
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:24 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 624 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TXZ013-018-140200- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 269. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: CARSON...ARMSTRONG... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CLAUDE...PANHANDLE... TXZ009-010-014-015-019-020-140200- TORNADO WATCH 269 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CANADIAN...CLARENDON...MIAMI...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WELLINGTON...
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:40 PM CST, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 640 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TXZ009-010-014-015-019-020-140200- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS CLEARED ALL COUNTIES IN TORNADO WATCH 269. COUNTIES CLEARED INCLUDE: IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE: ROBERTS...HEMPHILL...GRAY...WHEELER...DONLEY...COLLINGSWORTH... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CANADIAN...CLARENDON...MIAMI...PAMPA... SHAMROCK...WELLINGTON...
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:41 PM CST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 641 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TXZ010-140030- HEMPHILL TX- 641 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HEMPHILL COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANADIAN AT 641 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 18 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. JJB
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:42 PM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 642 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 TXZ004-140015- OCHILTREE TX- 642 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN OCHILTREE COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLF CREEK PARK AT 642 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN OCHILTREE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN WOLF CREEK PARK... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JORDAN
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- May 13, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 2 mi NW of Canadian
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -100.383
Tornado, Hemphill
- When
- May 13, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 7 mi NE of Gageby
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.917, -100.417
The tornado remained over open country. The path length and path width were estimated. No damage or injuries were reported with this tornado.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flood in Kansas, May 13 to 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 13, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 13, 2005
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 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: 5450288, 5448779, 5448780.