Hail in Texas, May 2, 2006

Name: Hail in Texas, May 2, 2006
Start: 2006-05-02T15:21
End: 2006-05-02T17:30
Location: Texas

May 2, 2006 · NWS AMA · 15 events in 6 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms across the east central and southeastern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening 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: 15

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 across the east central and southeastern Texas panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening 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 May 2, 2:18 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:18 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
318 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...
THIS WILL HAVE TO BE SHORT AND SWEET DUE TO ONSET OF SEVERE WEATHER.
CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT ALONG A DRYLINE WHICH HAS MIXED
TO THE EDGE OF THE CAPROCK THIS AFTERNOON. THE EASTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER DUE TO MORE
ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND GREATER INSTABILITY. SOME CONVECTION IS FIRING
TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE IN THE DEEPER MIXED ATMOSPHERE BUT THIS
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AND DIE OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET
DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE.

TOMORROW COULD AGAIN SEE SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOP DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH
PROGRESS A COLD FRONT MAKES INTO THE PANHANDLES. MODELS ARE BEGINNING
TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WHICH HAS THE FRONT MOVING THROUGH MOST
OF THE AREA BY PEAK HEATING MEANING ONLY THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
PART OF THE CWA HAS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WHILE THE REMAINDER OF
THE CWA EXPERIENCES WEAKER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WENT AHEAD AND
UPPED POPS SOME GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND DECENT UPPER S/W TROF
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST INTO AT
LEAST THE EARLY WEEKEND WITH CAA AND CLOUDS BRINGING HIGH TEMPS DOWN
BELOW SEASONAL LEVELS. AGAIN UPPED POPS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE
MOISTURE FINALLY MOVES EAST SUNDAY AND POPS END.

HENNIG

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                57  79  50  69 /  20  30  30  30
BEAVER OK                  55  72  51  63 /  40  40  30  40
BOISE CITY OK              50  71  45  64 /  10  30  30  40
BORGER TX                  60  75  50  68 /  20  30  30  40
BOYS RANCH TX              57  80  52  72 /  10  30  30  30
CANYON TX                  57  84  53  73 /  20  30  30  20
CLARENDON TX               58  82  53  71 /  40  30  30  30
DALHART TX                 53  73  49  69 /  10  20  20  40
GUYMON OK                  55  73  50  64 /  20  30  30  40
HEREFORD TX                58  86  55  74 /  10  20  20  20
LIPSCOMB TX                60  75  52  64 /  40  40  30  40
PAMPA TX                   60  76  48  66 /  30  40  30  30
SHAMROCK TX                60  83  54  69 /  50  40  30  30
WELLINGTON TX              60  84  56  71 /  50  40  30  30

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

11/10

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 2:22 PM CST, 59 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
322 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031100-
ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH-
DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE-
OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER-
322 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THIS EVENING. VERY LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THESE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THE EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THURSDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FRIDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING SHOULD BE ON ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:07 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
307 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXZ014-022100-
GRAY-
307 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN GRAY COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF PAMPA AT 305 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN GRAY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

SCHNEIDER

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:19 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
319 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXZ013-022115-
CARSON-
319 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CARSON COUNTY...

A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CONWAY TO WHITE
DEER AT 318 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN CARSON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SCHNEIDER

Special weather statement, May 2, 3:13 PM CST, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
413 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

TXZ019-022215-
DONLEY-
413 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DONLEY COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF CLARENDON AND
SOUTHWEST OF GREENBELT LAKE AT 410 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN DONLEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SCHNEIDER

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.

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Event by event

15 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 3:21 PM CST
Where: Donley County, Clarendon
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.933, -100.900

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 3:23 PM CST
Where: Donley County, Clarendon
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.933, -100.900

Hail, Carson

When: May 2, 3:28 PM CST
Where: Carson County, White Deer
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.433, -101.183

Hail, Carson

When: May 2, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Carson County, 2 mi W of Groom
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.200, -101.133

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 3:36 PM CST
Where: Donley County, Clarendon
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.933, -100.900

Hail, Gray

When: May 2, 3:36 PM CST
Where: Gray County, 2 mi SW of Pampa
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.517, -101.000

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 3:38 PM CST
Where: Donley County, 1 mi NW of Clarendon
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 34.950, -100.917

Hail, Carson

When: May 2, 3:38 PM CST
Where: Carson County, Groom
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.200, -101.100

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Donley County, 1 mi NE of Clarendon
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 34.950, -100.883

Hail, Gray

When: May 2, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Gray County, 17 mi W of Alanreed
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 35.217, -101.033

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Donley County, 9 mi N of Howardwick
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.200, -100.917

Hail, Donley

When: May 2, 4:16 PM CST
Where: Donley County, Clarendon
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: COOP STATION
Coordinates: 34.933, -100.900

Hail, Wheeler

When: May 2, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Wheeler County, 1 mi N of Allison
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.617, -100.100

Hail, Hemphill

When: May 2, 4:37 PM CST
Where: Hemphill County, 18 mi SE of Canadian
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.717, -100.150

Hail, Collingsworth

When: May 2, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Collingsworth County, 6 mi W of Wellington
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.850, -100.317

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

Every storm in Texas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, May 2006

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: 5505770, 5505771, 5505772, 5505773, 5505774, 5505775, 5505776, 5505777, 5505778, 5505779, 5505780, 5505781, 5505782, 5505783, 5505769.