Hail, Potter
- When
- September 9, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 7 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.267, -101.900
Hail in Texas, September 9, 2006
Severe thunderstorms producing harge hail moved across the south-central Texas panhandle during the early evening hours. No damage or injuries were reported.
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
- 2
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 harge hail moved across the south-central Texas panhandle during the early evening hours. 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 Sep 9, 2:12 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 2:12 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 312 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 .DISCUSSION... CONFOUNDING DAY 1 FORECASTS CONTINUE TODAY...AS UPPER LOW MOVES EAST NORTHEAST OUT OF COLORADO. LIFT ON FRINGES OF UPPER WAVE SHOULD HELP THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP SOUTH ALONG SFC TROF INTO NORTHERN HALF OF PANHANDLES TONIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS A LOT LOWER IN DEVELOPMENT FURTHER SOUTH...GIVEN MORE NORTHERLY LOCATION OF BEST LIFT AND CLOUD COVER HAVING INHIBITED HEATING LONGER...AND HAVE THEREFORE TAILORED HIGHEST POPS IN NORTHERN HALF...WHERE STORM MOTION SHOULD ALLOW FOR MORE AREAS TO SEE RAINFALL. MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF STORMS TONIGHT PERHAPS IN KANSAS WILL HELP DRIVE A FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT...LIKELY A LITTLE AHEAD OF THE TIMING SHOWN IN THE NAM...BUT MORE IN LINE WITH THE GFS TIMING...DESPITE TOO RAPID PROGRESSION OF THE SYSTEM ALOFT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES SOUTHEAST TOMORROW IN THE WAKE OF THE MAIN WAVE...ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE FOR STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY...ALONG WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AND DECENT HEATING...CHANCES FOR STORMS MAY BE ENHANCED...AND SO 30 PERCENT POPS SEEMED REASONABLE. UPSLOPE SFC WINDS SEEN IN OBS ALL THROUGH NORTHCENTRAL PLAINS. EXPECT THESE WINDS TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. POSITIVELY TILTED TROF ALOFT WILL PROVIDE JUST ENOUGH LIFT FOR PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER...WITH MINIMAL PRECIP CHANCES EXCEPT PERHAPS ALONG THE MIDLEVEL SHEAR ZONE...WHICH LOOKS TO SET UP ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. HAVE THEREFORE OTHERWISE REMOVED POPS MONDAY NIGHT. LOWLEVEL DRYING AND CLEARING ASSOCIATED WITH SETTLING SURFACE RIDGE SHOULD APPEAR BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH INCREASING TEMPERATURES AS LEE TROF BEGINS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY. LOWLEVEL JET HELPS TO RESTORE A FEED OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH PLAINS BY THURSDAY MORNING. DEEPENING LEE TROF THURSDAY LOOKS TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY A BREEZY AND WARM DAY ON THURSDAY...BUT ALSO A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AREAWIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A SHORTWAVE TROF MOVES THROUGH AT PEAK HEATING. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CHANCE IN THE EASTERN HALF GIVEN SEVERAL GFS RUNS DEPICTING THIS FEATURE. SFC TROF SHIFTS EAST ON FRIDAY WITH EASTERN ZONES SUBJECT TO SIMILAR STORM CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NOT MUCH DEVIATION FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST TEMPERATURES WITH THIS PACKAGE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINTAINED ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR SUNDAY...AND SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW GUIDANCE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY GIVEN ANTICIPATED CLOUDY CONDITIONS. MEXMOS NUMBERS WERE REASONABLE FOR THE EXTENDED AND WERE ACCEPTED WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMARILLO TX 58 77 57 72 / 20 30 30 20 BEAVER OK 57 77 55 73 / 60 30 30 20 BOISE CITY OK 54 74 54 71 / 40 30 30 20 BORGER TX 61 77 60 75 / 40 30 30 20 BOYS RANCH TX 57 78 58 71 / 20 30 30 20 CANYON TX 58 77 57 73 / 20 30 30 20 CLARENDON TX 61 80 60 73 / 30 30 30 20 DALHART TX 55 75 55 72 / 20 30 30 20 GUYMON OK 58 78 56 74 / 50 30 30 20 HEREFORD TX 57 79 57 72 / 20 30 30 20 LIPSCOMB TX 58 78 56 73 / 50 30 30 20 PAMPA TX 60 77 59 73 / 30 30 30 20 SHAMROCK TX 62 80 61 74 / 30 30 30 20 WELLINGTON TX 63 82 63 77 / 30 30 30 20 && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && KRAMAR
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 2:23 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 323 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-101100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 323 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCE BEING ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THROUGH MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. STORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE AGAIN THURSDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS ACROSS THE EAST ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. GOEHRING
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:37 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 437 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 TXZ012-092200- POTTER TX- 437 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTY... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VALLEY DE ORO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN POTTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY...LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. JOHNSON
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Potter
- When
- September 9, 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 4 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -101.867
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
- Flash Flood in Arizona, September 9, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, September 9, 2006
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 9, 2006
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, September 9, 2006
- Dense Fog in Virginia, September 9, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, September 9, 2006
- Frost and Freeze in Michigan, September 9, 2006
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, September 9, 2006
- Flood and Hail in Kansas, September 9, 2006
- Hail in Colorado, September 9, 2006
- Dense Fog in Maryland, September 9, 2006
- Hail in Vermont, September 9, 2006
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: 5534873, 5534874.