Hail in Oklahoma, March 10, 2007

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, March 10, 2007
Start: 2007-03-10T19:35
End: 2007-03-10T19:40
Location: Oklahoma

March 10, 2007 · NWS AMA · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms developed across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the early evening hours. however 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: 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 developed across the central and eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the early evening hours. These storms produced large hail...however 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 Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:09 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
609 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

.AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW SEVERE...WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS
ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY INTENSE DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. AS UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST...SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST
AND THEN SWITH TO THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE PANHANDLES. LOW CEILINGS AND SOME FOG MAY BRING IFR
CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007/

DISCUSSION...
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY CAN MAKE. NAM IS NOW IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT
WITH THE GFS/EURO AND UKMET. SO CONFIDENCE INCREASED GREATLY
CONCERNING PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH TUESDAY. CURRENTLY...WV IMAGERY
SHOWS THE RAPIDLY DEEPENING UPPER WAVE WITH ITS AXIS GENERALLY ALONG
THE ROCKIES. RUC ANALYSIS INDICATES AN 85KT TO 95KT UPPER LEVEL JET
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH WHICH WILL AID IN PUSHING THE LOW INTO
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH TOMORROW...AND ALLOW THE LOW TO CUT
OFF FROM THE NORTHERN STREAM. AT THE SURFACE...DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO
RISE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES AS MOISTURE ADVECTING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
LL FLOW IS IN PLACE FOR ALMOST THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN PLAINS. COULD SEE
DEW POINTS NEAR 50 DEGREES BY 04Z TONIGHT IF PATTERN CONTINUES. FRONT
IS STILL APPROACHING THE PANHANDLES WITH THE BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO
REACH THE NW ZONES JUST BEFORE 06Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW AN
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH INCREASING LAPSE RATES
AND A SHEAR PROFILE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS.
PROFILE SUGGESTS THE STORMS WOULD BE GENERALLY HIGH BASED...BUT WITH
SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SO
CONCERNS WILL BE FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND POSSIBLE DOWNBURST
WINDS. WITH THE MOISTURE IN PLACE...THE COMBINATION OF LIFT FROM THE
UPPER LOW AND THE COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED STORM
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. MODELS ARE
FAVORING THE SOUTHEAST PANHANDLES FOR HEAVY RAIN...WHICH SEEM LIKELY
AS DEEPEST MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE. SINCE THERE
WAS GOOD MODEL CONSISTENCY ON HEAVY PRECIP LOCATION AND
TIMING...DECIDED TO UP POPS INTO THE 80 TO 90 PERCENT RANGE AND LEFT
A SIMILAR PRECIP BULLSEYE OVER THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST CWA THROUGH
SUNDAY. SOME CONCERN FOR HYDROLOGY BASED ON MODEL QPF AS BOTH NAM AND
GFS SHOW OVER 3 INCHES OF PRECIP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CWA ON
SUNDAY. WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE SITUATION AS LOCALIZED
FLOODING MAY BE AN ISSUE.

MODELS SHOW THE UPPER LOW CUTTING OFF ACROSS LUBBOCKS CWA AND
LINGERING THROUGH TUESDAY. INSERTED SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS UP
TO 12Z TUESDAY...THEN WENT WITH A DRY FORECAST THROUGH DAY 7. NW FLOW
ALOFT RETURNS WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW KICKS OUT TO THE EAST.
MODELS HINTING AT PRECIP CHANCE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. ALSO...THERE APPEARS TO BE A SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED IN THE NW
FLOW ALOFT BUT THE GFS HAS BEEN UNCERTAIN ON PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE
LAST FEW RUNS...SO DECIDED TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS TRENDS WITH BELOW
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. TEMPS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE
PACKAGE...TRENDED BELOW GUIDANCE ACROSS THE NW WHERE RECENT OBS SHOW
THIS AREA TO BE COOLER THAN THE MAV SUGGESTS. WHICH LEADS TO AN
OUTSIDE SHOT AT A FEW SNOW FLURRIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BUT WITH THE
CLOUD COVER IN PLACE NOT THINKING THE AIR WILL COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
ACCUMULATING SNOW.

JJB

&&

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

&&

09/15

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:00 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
400 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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-
400 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

.DAY ONE...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WEST PARTS OF THE
PANHANDLES THIS EVENING...SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE STRENGTH...
RESULTING IN ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO PENNY
SIZE. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO REQUIRE
BOATERS TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. AT THIS
TIME...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

NUNEZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:23 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
623 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

0608 PM     HAIL             8 W GROOM               35.20N 101.25W
03/10/2007  E1.00 INCH       CARSON             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT INTERSTATE 40 EXIT 102

&&

CK

Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:27 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
627 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

0612 PM     HAIL             2 S PANHANDLE           35.32N 101.38W
03/10/2007  E1.00 INCH       CARSON             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOUTH OF PANHANDLE ON HIGHWAY 207

&&

CK

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:07 PM CST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
707 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

0705 PM     HAIL             PAMPA                   35.55N 100.96W
03/10/2007  E0.88 INCH       GRAY               TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LOCAL MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF NICKEL HAIL IN PAMPA

&&

CK

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:14 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
714 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

0708 PM     HAIL             1 SE MIAMI              35.68N 100.63W
03/10/2007  M1.00 INCH       ROBERTS            TX   STORM CHASER

&&

CK

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:21 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
721 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

0720 PM     HAIL             ASHTOLA                 35.01N 101.04W
03/10/2007  E0.88 INCH       DONLEY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SD

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:26 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
726 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

0706 PM     HAIL             MIAMI                   35.69N 100.64W
03/10/2007  E1.25 INCH       ROBERTS            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

&&

CK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:33 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Texas

When: March 10, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 4 mi NNE of Tyrone
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 37.003, -101.042

Hail, Beaver

When: March 10, 7:38 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, Turpin
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.870, -100.880

Hail, Texas

When: March 10, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Texas County, 5 mi NE of Tyrone
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 37.001, -101.006

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 Oklahoma in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, March 2007

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: 19314, 19315, 19316.