Hail, Dallam
- When
- April 10, 8:35 PM CST to 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County, 17.61 mi NNE of Perico
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.490, -102.690
Hail in Texas, April 10, 2012
Severe thunderstorms moved across the extreme northwestern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing hail. 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
- 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.
Severe thunderstorms moved across the extreme northwestern Texas Panhandle during the 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 Apr 10, 5:13 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 5:13 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 613 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 .AVIATION... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE ORIENTED ACROSS THE PANHANDLES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL BE THE FOCUS THIS EVENING FOR SOME CONVECTION. CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT CONVECTION WILL AFFECT ANY OF THE TAF SITES THIS EVENING...SO WILL OPT TO MENTION VCTS AT THE DALHART AND GUYMON TAF SITES UNTIL AROUND 03Z TO 06Z WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME MVFR CEILINGS AFTER 10Z WEDNESDAY AT THE GUYMON TAF SITE. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER 15Z WEDNESDAY. SCHNEIDER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/ DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES DEVELOPING CU ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE DOWN INTO THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. DEVELOPING CU WERE ALSO NOTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE TX PANHANDLE WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS LIES ACROSS THIS AREA WITH SBCAPES BETWEEN 1500- 2500 J/KG. WHILE 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR FROM SPC RUC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS IS NOT AT ALL IMPRESSIVE...GIVEN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...IF ANY STORMS WERE TO DEVELOP THEY CAN BECOME SEVERE. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE OK PANHANDLE...LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO ERODE KEEPING THIS AREA UNDER A COOLER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS. NONETHELESS DESPITE NOT HAVING MUCH IN THE WAY OF FORCING MECHANISMS TO INITIATE CONVECTION...MODELS INDICATE ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING WITH GREATER CHANCE FOR STORMS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY AS CONVECTION FORMING ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN OUT WEST...NEAR THE DRYLINE...PUSHES EASTWARD. IN ADDITION...A LOW- LEVEL JET WILL STRENGTHEN TONIGHT WHICH MAY HELP TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL STORMS. UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE GETS SHUNTED FURTHER TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DIGS INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. PROSPECTS FOR STORMS AND HENCE SEVERE WEATHER LOOK BETTER ON WEDNESDAY AS A VORT MAX MOVES ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE DRYLINE IN EASTERN WHERE THEY CAN CONGEAL INTO A LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLES. AGAIN CONTINUED SOUTHEAST SURFACE FLOW WILL MAINTAIN AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL FURTHER DIG INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES THURSDAY HELPING TO TRANSITION THE UPPER FLOW TO THE SOUTHWEST. A SURFACE LEE SIDE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE WINDS TO PICK UP DURING THE DAY. THE DRYLINE WILL ALSO SURGE INTO THE EASTERN ZONES...WHERE IT WILL FOCUS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE DRYLINE WHERE WARM...MOIST... AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR ALTHOUGH EXPECT THE DRYLINE TO PUSH FURTHER EAST...WHICH SHOULD SHUNT ANY PRECIP CHANCES OUT OF THE AREA. A LOW WILL CLOSE OFF ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THIS BROAD UPPER TROUGH WHERE IT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BOTH THE 12Z ECMWF AND GFS HAVE COME IN DRIER WITH ANY PRECIP CHANCES WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO HAVE CONTINUED WITH A DRY FORECAST. ALTHOUGH A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...USHERING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES. CLK FIRE WEATHER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE TX/OK PANHANDLES...HELPING TO MITIGATE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A DRYLINE WILL PUSH INTO THE EASTERN TX/OK PANHANDLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE DRYLINE AND ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HINGE UPON HOW MUCH PRECIP THE AREA RECEIVES BEFORE THEN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES MONDAY. COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE 20 PERCENT. CLK && .AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 11/02
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 2:06 PM CST, 6 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 306 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-111100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 306 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PANHANDLES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND AGAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THURSDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS....BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. CLK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 645 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 OKZ001-110015- CIMARRON OK- 645 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/ FOR CIMARRON COUNTY. AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CIMARRON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 TXZ007-012-013-110030- MOORE TX-POTTER TX-CARSON TX- 700 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON...NORTHEASTERN POTTER AND FAR SOUTH EASTERN MOORE COUNTIES. AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MEREDITH...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF BORGER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:41 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 741 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 OKZ001-110115- CIMARRON OK- 741 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CIMARRON COUNTY. AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BLACK MESA PARK...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:20 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 820 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 OKZ001-110145- CIMARRON OK- 820 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CIMARRON COUNTY. AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHEELESS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BOISE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:29 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 829 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 TXZ002-110200- SHERMAN TX- 829 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY. AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SHERMAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF STRATFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR OTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. JOHNSON
Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:11 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
911 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HAIL FELT 36.57N 102.78W
04/10/2012 E1.00 INCH CIMARRON OK PUBLIC
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1200222
ABMThe radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:34 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
- Frost and Freeze in Minnesota, April 10 to 13, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, April 10 to 11, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, April 10, 2012
- Flood and Heavy Snow in California, April 10 to 14, 2012
- Hail in Louisiana, April 10, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 10 to 11, 2012
- Hail in Arkansas, April 10, 2012
- Drought in Texas, April 10 to 16, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 10, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Wisconsin, April 10 to 12, 2012
- Hail in Arkansas, April 10, 2012
- Drought in Delaware, April 10 to 30, 2012
More
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 376550.