Hail in Oklahoma, June 1, 2012

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, June 1, 2012
Start: 2012-06-01T16:45
End: 2012-06-01T16:56
Location: Oklahoma

June 1, 2012 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms moved across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the early evening hours producing hail. There was no damage and there were no reports of injuries or fatalities.

Where it happened

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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 moved across the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle during the early evening hours producing hail. There was no damage and there were no reports of injuries or fatalities.

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 Jun 1, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
418 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

.DISCUSSION...
THROUGH TONIGHT: SEVERE WEATHER IS THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
LOW-/MID-LEVEL CLOUDS EARLIER TODAY HAVE DISSIPATED...ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S WITH MID TO UPPER 50 DEW POINTS
ADVECTING INTO MOST OF THE PANHANDLES. STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND
THE COMBINATION OF WARM/MOIST LOW-LEVEL AIR HAS BOOSTED MIXED LAYER
CAPE VALUES UP TO 2000 J/KG WEST OF A GUYMON TO AMARILLO LINE. AS A
RESULT...DISCRETE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT
HAS ENTERED THE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. FAIRLY STRONG FLOW AT
500 MB IS CONTRIBUTING TO 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES UP TO 50
KT...WHICH...COMBINED WITH THE DEGREE OF BUOYANCY...WILL LIKELY LEAD
TO SUPERCELLS WITH THE INITIAL STORMS. GIVEN THE LARGE
TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT SPREADS OF 30-35 DEGREES...DOWNDRAFT CAPE
VALUES UP TO 1300 J/KG...AND LAPS SOUNDING DATA INDICATING AN
INVERTED-V PROFILE AHEAD OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION...DAMAGING WINDS
UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE WILL BE THE MAIN
HAZARDS INITIALLY. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONGEAL INTO A LINEAR
COMPLEX EARLY THIS EVENING THAT MARCHES SOUTHEAST. IF THIS OCCURS AND
A WELL-ORGANIZED COLD POOL DEVELOPS...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL BE A BIG CONCERN. THE TORNADO THREAT LOOKS
VERY LOW AT THIS POINT...ESPECIALLY IF A LINEAR COMPLEX EVOLVES.
HOWEVER...GIVEN THAT 0-1 KM SHEAR VECTORS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO
15-20 KT LATER THIS EVENING...AN ISOLATED SPINUP CANNOT BE COMPLETELY
RULED OUT ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE OR IF ANY
DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAN REMAIN SURFACE-BASED. THINK THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BY 11 PM AS THE STORMS EXIT THE AREA.

SATURDAY-SATURDAY NIGHT: A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING. SURFACE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO
THE WESTERN PANHANDLES BY THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE
UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST
WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL BE
HIGHER TOMORROW WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES UP TO 3000 J/KG...BUT
DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE WEAKER WITH VALUES UP TO 35 KT. DESPITE THE
WEAKER SHEAR...IT WILL STILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SUPERCELLS...TO DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST PANHANDLES INITIALLY. SUBSEQUENT CONVECTION MAY INITIATE
OVER THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD. UP TO
1000 J/K OF CAPE IN THE -10 TO -30 C LAYER WILL SUPPORT HAIL UP TO
THE SIZE OF HEN EGGS. INVERTED-V SOUNDING PROFILES...THETA-E
DIFFERENCES UP TO 23 K FROM THE SURFACE TO 600 MB...AND DOWNDRAFT
CAPE VALUES UP TO 1500 J/KG WILL SUPPORT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO
70 MPH. THE TORNADO THREAT LOOKS VERY LOW AGAIN DUE TO THE LARGE DEW
POINT DEPRESSIONS AND WEAK FLOW IN THE LOWEST 1 KM. THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY
LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLES.

SUNDAY-SUNDAY NIGHT: HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE AS UPPER RIDGING EXPANDS
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ROCKIES. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
MAY HELP MIX THE DRYLINE FARTHER EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT IT
STILL DOESN/T APPEAR TO MAKE MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESS. AS A
RESULT...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF
A BOISE CITY TO HEREFORD LINE. STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN
PANHANDLES WHERE MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES UP TO 3000 J/KG AND 0-6 KM
SHEAR VALUES AROUND 30 KT WILL SUPPORT SOME UPDRAFT ORGANIZATION.
GIVEN THE LARGE TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT SPREADS AND INVERTED-V
SOUNDING...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS.
THINK MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.

MONDAY-FRIDAY: AN OMEGA BLOCK SETS UP DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WITH AN
UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES AND UPPER TROUGHS ACROSS
THE WESTERN AND EASTERN UNITED STATES. THE PANHANDLES WILL BE UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF PERSISTENT AND RELATIVELY WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
THE END RESULT FOR OUR FORECAST AREA WILL BE A SLOSHING DRYLINE WITH
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. DUE TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...THE STRENGTH OF CAPPING
WILL BE A QUESTION MARK EACH DAY...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE LACKING AT
ALL...BUT MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE LESS THAN
25 KT EACH DAY. THIS SHOULD LIMIT THE ORGANIZATION OF ANY
THUNDERSTORMS...BUT STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER DOES OCCUR...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY
BE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THURSDAY...BUT A COLD FRONT MAY BRING
COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FOR FRIDAY.

JACKSON

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
NEITHER ELEVATED NOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED
ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH THURSDAY AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 20 PERCENT AND/OR 20-FOOT WINDS
WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMARILLO TX                61  93  64  97  65 /  80  50  50  20  10
BEAVER OK                  57  87  65  98  69 /  20  20  50  20  20
BOISE CITY OK              58  88  61  98  63 /  20  50  30  10  20
BORGER TX                  64  95  70  95  69 /  80  50  50  20  20
BOYS RANCH TX              60  94  61  97  64 /  50  50  50  20   5
CANYON TX                  60  95  64  97  64 /  70  50  50  20   5
CLARENDON TX               65  95  66  97  68 /  80  50  50  20  20
DALHART TX                 57  88  61  98  62 /  20  50  30  10  20
GUYMON OK                  59  90  61  96  67 /  20  40  40  20  20
HEREFORD TX                61  96  64  98  64 /  70  50  50  20   5
LIPSCOMB TX                60  88  66  94  69 /  30  20  50  20  20
PAMPA TX                   60  93  64  94  67 /  80  50  50  20  20
SHAMROCK TX                63  96  65  98  70 /  80  50  50  20  20
WELLINGTON TX              66  95  69 100  71 /  80  50  50  20  20

&&

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

&&

EA/JJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 3:21 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
421 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-021100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
421 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
HEN EGGS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS MOST OF
THE PANHANDLES. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...PARTICULARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST FAVORED OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PANHANDLES MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LIKELY ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER
THE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

JACKSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:29 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
529 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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

0528 PM     HAIL             DALHART                 36.06N 102.52W
06/01/2012  E1.75 INCH       HARTLEY            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200448

SP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:35 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
535 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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

0534 PM     HAIL             1 E WASHBURN            35.18N 101.56W
06/01/2012  E1.25 INCH       ARMSTRONG          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200449

SP

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:37 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
537 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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

0532 PM     HAIL             4 NW DALHART            36.10N 102.57W
06/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       DALLAM             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200450

EA

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:41 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
541 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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

0539 PM     HAIL             4 NW DALHART            36.10N 102.57W
06/01/2012  M1.25 INCH       DALLAM             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200451

EA

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:42 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
542 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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

0539 PM     HAIL             4 WNW WASHBURN          35.20N 101.64W
06/01/2012  E1.75 INCH       POTTER             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200452

EA

Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:43 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
543 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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

0542 PM     HAIL             5 E WASHBURN            35.18N 101.48W
06/01/2012  E2.00 INCH       ARMSTRONG          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1200453

SP

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Beaver

When: June 1, 4:45 PM CST to 4:46 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, 4.7 mi NNW of Knowles
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 36.930, -100.220

Hail, Beaver

When: June 1, 4:55 PM CST to 4:56 PM CST
Where: Beaver County, 5.16 mi WSW of Knowles
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.850, -100.270

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

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, June 2012

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: 390826, 390827.