Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2006

Name: Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2006
Start: 2006-05-02T17:45
End: 2006-05-02T19:15
Location: Texas

May 2, 2006 · NWS OUN · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...
STORMS ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
THIS APPEARS TO BE THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER SEVERE-WEATHER
EVENT. THE EMPHASIS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE SEVERE STORMS IN
OUR WESTERN COUNTIES... BUT THEN IT APPEARS THAT THE STORMS WILL
MERGE INTO A LARGE MCS AND MARCH EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OR
SO OF OUR FORECAST AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL PROBABLY FALL
WITHIN A COUPLE OF COUNTIES OF THE RED RIVER. THE AREA FROM NEAR
WICHITA FALLS... EAST TO DURANT... AND NORTH FROM THERE... RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS... AND THE COMBINATION
OF WET GROUND AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. A
FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING
FOR THIS.

IT APPEARS THAT CONVECTION WILL FOCUS ON A COLD FRONT FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
TOMORROW AFTERNOON... THEN SAG EVER SO SLOWLY SOUTH. IT SHOULD
FINALLY BE SHOVED DEEP INTO TEXAS ON SATURDAY... BUT RAIN WILL BE
A GOOD BET... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD... ON WEDNESDAY... THURSDAY... AND FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON THE
TIMING OF THE FRONT... RAIN MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY.

AFTER A WHOLE DAY OF DRY WEATHER ON SUNDAY... RAIN CHANCES RESUME
ON MONDAY AS YET ANOTHER WAVE IN THE JET STREAM APPROACHES THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE REASONABLY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...
ALTHOUGH A LITTLE COOL NORTH OF THE FRONT LATE THIS WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  66  80  60  70 /  70  50  60  30
HOBART OK         65  82  57  70 /  80  50  60  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  66  87  64  79 /  70  40  60  40
GAGE OK           61  76  52  66 /  50  50  40  30
PONCA CITY OK     64  75  55  67 /  60  50  60  40
DURANT OK         68  87  68  80 /  70  30  50  40

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLOOD WATCH FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR OKZ038-OKZ039-OKZ041-OKZ043-OKZ044-OKZ045-OKZ046-OKZ047-
     OKZ048-OKZ050-OKZ051-OKZ052.

TX...FLOOD WATCH FROM 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR TXZ086-TXZ089-TXZ090.

&&

25/23

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 10:55 AM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1155 AM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF
OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA... TO EL RENO...
TO DUNCAN...INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 PM ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE DRY LINE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS WILL BE MOST LIKELY AFTER 3 PM THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

IMPACTS...
HAIL AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS
AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
...PARTICULARLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO WEATHERFORD...TO
WICHITA FALLS FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM.

FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

RECOMMENDED ACTION...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREAS SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND SHOULD CONSIDER THE NEED FOR EXTENDED OPERATIONS INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

DISCUSSION...
THE REMNANTS OF A FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LOCATED FROM NEAR
ABILENE TO SOUTH OF DALLAS WILL LIFT NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY
ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

A DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE EASTERN
TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE EAST OF THE DRYLINE DURING THE DAY WITH THE
AIRMASS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY
OF THE DRYLINE...WITH INITIATION ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF
THE WEAKENING FRONT. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS.
HOWEVER... A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH ANY DISCRETE SUPERCELLS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF THE WEAKENING FRONT AND DRYLINE. THE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS AND MOVE EASTWARD
THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS DURING THE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS IF ONE OR MORE OF THE CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MAY 2.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...95 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEK AS THE STORM TRACK REMAINS CLOSE TO THE AREA
AND MULTIPLE SURFACE FRONTS MOVE INTO THE AREA. INSTABILITY AND WIND
FIELDS WILL ALSO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOST
DAYS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
WEDNESDAY.

MAXWELL/DA

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 5:13 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
613 PM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0604 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHEYENNE                35.61N 99.68W
05/02/2006  E70 MPH          ROGER MILLS        OK   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH GUSTS.

&&

JLP

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:19 PM CST, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKZ016-022330-
CUSTER OK-
619 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CUSTER COUNTY.

THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF FOSS RESERVOIR AT 619 PM CDT...MOVING EAST
AT AROUND 35 MPH.

ON THEIR PRESENT COURSE...THESE STORMS WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN CUSTER
COUNTY AFTER 630 PM...AND MAY BRING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE IN CUSTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLINTON AND
WEATHERFORD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SMITH

Local storm report, May 2, 5:35 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
635 PM CDT TUE MAY 02 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0626 PM     TSTM WND GST     HAMMON                  35.63N 99.38W
05/02/2006  E85 MPH          ROGER MILLS        OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 33 AND 34

&&

JLP

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:36 PM CST, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
636 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKZ004-022345-
HARPER OK-
636 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO AT 636 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY.

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

SMITH

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:37 PM CST, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
637 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKZ036-TXZ085-030015-
JACKSON OK-WILBARGER TX-
637 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR JACKSON AND WILBARGER
COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WESTERN JACKSON AND
WILBARGER COUNTIES...MOVING EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
NORTH OF GOODLETT IN HARDEMAN COUNTY...ALSO MOVING EAST.
INITIALLY...STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH.
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY
AS THE STORM NEAR GOODLETT APPROACHES AREAS NEAR ELDORADO AND ODELL.

BURKE

Special weather statement, May 2, 5:39 PM CST, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
639 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

OKZ011-015-030000-
MAJOR OK-DEWEY OK-
639 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY AND MAJOR COUNTIES.

DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ORION...AND JUST EAST OF TALOGA AT 639 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN DEWEY AND MAJOR COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SMITH

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hardeman

When: May 2, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Hardeman County, 11 mi N of Goodlett
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 34.517, -99.883

Tornado, Hardeman

When: May 2, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Hardeman County, 3 mi NNE of Chillicothe
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 34.283, -99.483

A slow moving tornado was observed by storm chasers for about 30 seconds. No known damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman

When: May 2, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Hardeman County, 2 mi E of Chillicothe
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph) measured gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.250, -99.467

Wind gust was measured on Highway 287.

Hail, Wilbarger

When: May 2, 7:02 PM CST
Where: Wilbarger County, 6 mi E of Oklaunion
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 34.133, -99.033

Hail, Wilbarger

When: May 2, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Wilbarger County, Harrold
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 34.083, -99.033

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.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5507876, 5507880, 5507877, 5507878, 5507879.