Hail, Texas
- When
- June 2, 8:10 PM CST to 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 5.69 mi ESE of Hough
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.830, -101.480
Hail in Oklahoma, June 2, 2012
A severe thunderstorm moved through the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours and produced hail. There was no damage reported 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
- 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 moved through the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours and produced hail. There was no damage reported 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 2, 6:09 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:09 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 709 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 .UPDATE... HAVE EXTENDED SVR TSTM WATCH 341 LOCALLY FOR MORE OF WRN TX PNHDL COUNTIES BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS AND IN COORDINATION WITH SPC. ANDRADE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 606 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012/ AVIATION... MAIN AVIATION CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND A FEW WILL DEVELOP ALONG BOUNDARIES IN THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. HAVE INCLUDED SOME VCTS WORDING FOR ALL TAF SITES THIS EVENING. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO WANE AS SUN SETS. THEREFORE...AFTER 06Z-08Z SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS WITH VFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES FORECAST UNTIL THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS ON SUNDAY. GARCIA PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 546 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012/ DISCUSSION... NEXT CROP OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS CURRENTLY FORMING OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF ERN NM AND SERN CO AND ALONG CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN TX PNHDL AND TX SOUTH PLAINS FROM PREVIOUS DAYS STORMS. SUFFICIENT DAYTIME HEATING AND ATMOPHSERIC INSTABILITY ALONG WITH PRESENCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SOME MINOR WIND SHEAR AND APPROACHING MINOR UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROF ALSO AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE STORMS. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE THRU EVENING HOURS BEFORE COVERAGE DECREASES. HIGHEST POPS ACROSS NRN ZONES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 50 PERCENT...WITH 40 PERCENT VALUES ACROSS THE SRN ZONES. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS PRIMARY HAZARDS. LATEST SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRST FEW PERIODS. HOWEVER...THEY DIFFER ON WHERE...WHEN...OR IF ANY TSTMS WILL DEVELOP. GIVEN SUFFICIENT MOISTURE...HEATING...AND INSTABILITY... DO THINK THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR TSTMS LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE...MORE ISOLD ACROSS FAR WRN COUNTIES WHERE MOISTURE MAY MIX OUT COMPARED TO ERN ZONES. WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SWD THRU FCST AREA LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL FLOW PROGGED FOR EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN TRAPPED BENEATH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH MINOR...HARD TO TIME SHORTWAVE TROFS WANDERING AROUND THE REGION. ALSO...DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES OR RESIDUAL WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY SERVE AS FOCI FOR SFC BASED TSTM DEVELOPMENT THROUGHTOUT THE COMING WEEK. ALL THE ABOVE IS FAIRLY TYPICAL OF EARLY TO MID JUNE AND SUPPORTS MENTION OF AT LEAST ISOLD TSTMS NEARLY EACH AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. DECIDED TO INCLUDE SLGT CHC POPS ALL ZONES MONDAY THRU THURSDAY NIGHT. TRYING TO TARGET WHICH PARTS OF PNHDLS WILL HAVE A THREAT THIS FAR OUT IS AN EXERCISE IN PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE AND WAS NOT COMFORTABLE DOING THAT. THEREFORE...USED A SHOTGUN APPROACH TO POPS FROM MON THRU THURSDAY NIGHT...WHICH CAN BE REFINED AS TIME GETS CLOSER. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER EXTENDING LOW POPS INTO FRIDAY IF NECESSARY IF MEDIUM RANGE MODELS VERIFY. ANDRADE FIRE WEATHER... NEITHER ELEVATED NOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO RECENT RAINS ALONG WITH CONTINUED CHANCES FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ANDRADE && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:06 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 706 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-031100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 706 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS WELL AS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE ON ANY OF THOSE DAYS... WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BECOME NECESSARY AT TIMES MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. ANDRADE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:13 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
813 PM CDT SAT JUN 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0803 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SW DALHART 36.03N 102.55W
06/02/2012 M61 MPH HARTLEY TX ASOS
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1200490
EASpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 7:23 PM CST, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 823 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 TXZ006-007-030200- HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX- 823 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR MOORE AND HARTLEY COUNTIES. AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF DUMAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. NF
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:29 PM CST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 829 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 TXZ012-013-017-018-030215- POTTER TX-RANDALL TX-CARSON TX-ARMSTRONG TX- 829 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR ARMSTRONG...CARSON... RANDALL AND POTTER COUNTIES. AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF AMARILLO TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMARILLO TO 4 MILES NORTH OF UMBARGER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THESE STORMS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. NF
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:42 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 842 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 OKZ001-030230- CIMARRON OK- 842 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CIMARRON COUNTY. AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEYES...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:47 PM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 847 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 OKZ002-TXZ002-003-030230- TEXAS OK-HANSFORD TX-SHERMAN TX- 847 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SHERMAN...HANSFORD AND TEXAS COUNTIES. AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUGH TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRATFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILBURTON TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRATFORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. JC
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:00 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 900 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 TXZ007-008-030300- HUTCHINSON TX-MOORE TX- 900 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MOORE AND HUTCHINSON COUNTIES. AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF PRINGLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF DUMAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. BRIEF...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NF
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:11 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 2 to 3, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 2, 2012
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake St. Clair, June 2, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 2, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 2, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 2, 2012
- Coastal Flood in Maine, June 2 to 3, 2012
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 390247.