Hail, Beaver
- When
- March 20, 9:00 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 6 mi NE of Beaver
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.881, -100.443
Hail in Oklahoma, March 20, 2009
A severe thunderstorm developed and moved across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours producing hail. No damage or injuries were reported.
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A severe thunderstorm developed and moved across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours producing 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 Mar 20, 8:54 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 8:54 PM CST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 954 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009 .UPDATE... LONG LIVED STORM LOCATED OVER BEAVER COUNTY THIS EVENING...WAS PULSATING AS IT TRACKED SLOWLY EAST. UPSTREAM...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST AND SOUTH OF THE PANHANDLES... AHEAD OF SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. WE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT SHOULD ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY CREEP INTO THE AREA. OTHERWISE... THE REST OF THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN INTACT. NUNEZ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 622 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009/ AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...THE BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS ARE BETWEEN 04 AND 08Z TONIGHT...AND AGAIN AFTER 20Z. THOUGH THE STORMS ARE S AND W OF THE REGION NOW...AS THE TROUGH LIFTS OUT LATER THIS EVENING STORMS COULD MOVE FURTHER NORTH AFFECTING KDHT AND KAMA. THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING KGUY...WILL ONLY HAVE A MINIMAL CHANCE TONIGHT. THERE IS A RISK OF LOW CLOUDS BETWEEN 09 AND 16Z...THAT COULD LOWER CEILINGS TO MVFR. CONSIDERING THE SOUTHERLY WINDS...AND LOOKING AT TIME HEIGHT DISPLAYS FROM VARIOUS MODELS...BELIEVE KAMA HAS THE BIGGEST RISK FOR LOW LEVEL STRATUS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. DUE TO ONGOING TECHNICAL ISSUES AT KGUY HAVE APPENDED AMD NOT SKED TO THAT TAF FOR NOW. SJOHNSON PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009/ DISCUSSION... CONVECTION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LUBBOCK TO CLOVIS AND IS EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY IMPACT THE PANHANDLES LATER THIS EVENING. SURFACE DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH TEMPS APPROACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE. THE CU FIELD IS BUILDING AND WE COULD SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS OF ENHANCED CONVERGENCE. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ANALYSES...THE SOUTHWEST TX PANHANDLE IS ALREADY UNCAPPED AND ESSENTIALLY WAITING FOR A TRIGGER. I GENERALLY KEPT POPS IN THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SATURDAY AS A MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. SHEAR VALUES WILL BE MORE IMPRESSIVE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL LEAD TO ENHANCED SEVERE THREAT. CHANCE POPS WERE INCLUDED IN MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES. THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT SHOULD PROLONG THE CONVECTION AFTER PEAK HEATING SUBSIDES. SUNDAY APPEARS TO BE A BREEZY...YET DRY...DAY FOR THE PANHANDLES. SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. I WOULD NOT RULE OUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EAST...BUT CONFIDENCE IS QUITE LOW AT THIS TIME...SO THE FORECAST WILL REMAIN DRY. HOWEVER...BY SUNDAY NIGHT...THE MAIN UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CONUS. THE CONCERN WITH THIS FEATURE IS THAT IT MOVES FAR ENOUGH TO THE NORTH AT THE PANHANDLES GET DRY SLOTTED. THIS WILL LEAVE THE CURRENT POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY EVENING EXPENDABLE. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY SHOULD BE ADEQUATE FOR STRONG STORMS IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP BUT IT MAY ALL BE MOOT IF THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE SHIFTS EAST. FOR NOW...GIVEN THE PARAMETERS...I HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE THE MENTION OF PRECIP IN THE FORECAST. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT/DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AREAWIDE...WITH STRONG WEST WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AT THE CURRENT TIME...THE FORECAST CALLS FOR MARGINAL WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WIND SPEEDS /AROUND 35 MPH SUSTAINED/. MODELS SUGGEST THAT THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME EASTERN PANHANDLES DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT GIVEN THE STRONG DYNAMICS AND MID LEVEL FLOW...THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO BE WELL EAST OF THE PANHANDLES BY THE TIME CONVECTION SPARKS. A COLD FRONT WILL TRAVERSE THE PANHANDLES MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS DRY WITH MOST OF THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING TO OUR NORTH AND EAST. BY WEDNESDAY...THE LEE TROF WILL RESUME AS THE NEXT TROF DIGS INTO THE WESTERN CONUS. THIS WILL RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES WARMING BACK TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT PROGGED TO ARRIVE BY FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING COOLER TEMPS BACK TO THE AREA HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. POPS MAY BE WARRANTED FOR FRIDAY AND/OR SATURDAY AS WELL...BUT WILL LEAVE THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW GIVEN THE MODEL UNCERTAINTIES. JOHNSON FIRE WEATHER... FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN LOW ON SATURDAY GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA...BUT WILL INCREASE BY SUNDAY AS SOUTHERLY 20FT WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL PANHANDLES. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE ENHANCED ON MONDAY AREAWIDE DUE TO VERY STRONG WEST WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST...IT APPEARS THAT WE WILL NOT MEET CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY THRESHOLDS...BUT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH NONETHELESS. HOWEVER...THE THREAT MAY BE MITIGATED SOMEWHAT IF WE RECEIVE PRECIPITATION BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. BY TUESDAY...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT BAY...BUT ELEVATED CONCERNS MAY RETURN BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. JOHNSON && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 16/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 2:30 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 330 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-211100- ARMSTRONG-BEAVER-CARSON-CIMARRON-COLLINGSWORTH-DALLAM-DEAF SMITH- DONLEY-GRAY-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-HEMPHILL-HUTCHINSON-LIPSCOMB-MOORE- OCHILTREE-OLDHAM-POTTER-RANDALL-ROBERTS-SHERMAN-TEXAS-WHEELER- 330 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES AS A MINOR UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. ANY STORMS THAT FORM ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AND OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES SUNDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS THAT FORM MAY APPROACH OR BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. IN ADDITION...ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES ON MONDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ANDRADE
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Washington, March 20, 2009
- Flood in South Dakota, March 20 to 30, 2009
- Flood in South Dakota, March 20 to 25, 2009
- Wildfire in Georgia, March 20 to 23, 2009
- Winter Weather in Michigan, March 20 to 21, 2009
- Hail in Kansas, March 20 to 21, 2009
- Hail in Kansas, March 20, 2009
- Waterspouts in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 20, 2009
- Flood in South Dakota, March 20 to 25, 2009
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 2009
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: 155787.