Damaging Wind in Texas, April 9, 2012

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, April 9, 2012
Start: 2012-04-09T19:00
End: 2012-04-09T19:00
Location: Texas

April 9, 2012 · NWS OUN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An intense supercell moved southward across Hardeman County, TX, between 7:00-9:00pm CDT on April 9. The West Texas Mesonet site at Goodlett, TX, recorded a gust to 62 mph at 8:00pm as the main precipitation core moved overhead.

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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 OUN wrote it up.

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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 9, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
643 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

.AVIATION...
10/00Z TAFS...TSRA AND ASSOCIATED IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BE
CONFINED TO FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PERHAPS KSPS TERMINALS THROUGH
06Z. WILL MENTION TSRA AT KPNC WITH ACTIVITY BUILDING SOUTH FROM
KANSAS. WILL LEAVE OUT OF KOKC/KOUN FOR NOW GIVEN SHORT TERM MODEL
SOLUTIONS AND RADAR TRENDS. IFR/MVFR FOG-CIGS EXPECTED TO BE
WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING WITH IMPROVEMENT BY
18Z.
&&

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR A SFC LOW ALONG
WITH ASSOCIATED DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
SFC LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SW KANSAS/PANHANDLES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING TO THE EAST OF
THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY EARLY EVENING. A
DRYLINE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO EXTEND SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES.
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THESES BOUNDARIES IN
THE PANHANDLES/KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND MOVE INTO
PARTS OF THE FA. THESE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO ONE
OR MORE COMPLEXES THAT MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FA. INSTABILITY AND
WIND SHEAR WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL LEAD TO SOME SEVERE STORMS
PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR
WILL BE BETTER NEAR THE SFC LOW SO IF STORMS CAN REMAIN DISCRETE...
A TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS LLJ
STRENGTHENS.

THE SFC FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE BUT REMAIN IN/NEAR THE FA OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS CONTINUING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS SHOW UPPER
RIDGE THAT IS OVER THE REGION WILL SHIFT EAST BY LATE THIS WEEK AS
NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THIS WILL LEAD TO A
DRYLINE WEST OF OR IN THE FA LATE THIS WEEK INTO PART OF THE WEEKEND
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING POSSIBLE. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  58  73  56  67 /  50  30  40  40
HOBART OK         58  72  57  72 /  60  50  50  40
WICHITA FALLS TX  59  79  61  76 /  60  50  40  40
GAGE OK           55  70  53  69 /  60  50  50  40
PONCA CITY OK     53  69  49  65 /  30  20  40  40
DURANT OK         61  76  58  70 /  40  30  30  40

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

09/25

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 11:00 AM CST, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101015-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1200 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OTHER
LOCATIONS.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK IS FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA...APPROXIMATELY 50
MILES WEST AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WOODWARD TO ELK CITY TO ALTUS.
THE SLIGHT RISK IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES OVERHEAD. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHEN ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SUFFICIENT LIFT...MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND
SHEAR WILL COMBINE TO INITIALLY PRODUCE SUPERCELLS ACROSS WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE
STORMS MAY THEN BECOME A COMPLEX AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS INTO SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ALTHOUGH A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY APR 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE
IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN ON
THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA...AND
NEAR THE RED RIVER IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM TUESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:51 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
551 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

OKZ021-033-034-092315-
HARMON OK-GREER OK-BECKHAM OK-
551 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARMON...GREER AND BECKHAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 548 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TEXOLA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STORMS...SOME SEVERE ARE LOCATED
IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.  THESE STORMS ARE ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY
FROM ENTERING HARMON COUNTY NEAR MADGE AND MCKNIGHT.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERICK...TEXOLA...DELHI...VINSON AND MADGE.

LAT...LON 3534 10000 3524 9956 3484 9968 3482 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 307DEG 27KT 3523 10002

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:26 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
626 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

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

0622 PM     HAIL             2 W WOODWARD            36.43N 99.43W
04/09/2012  E4.00 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:32 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
632 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

OKZ033-TXZ083-100000-
HARMON OK-HARDEMAN TX-
632 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARMON AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WELLINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORMWILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN HARMON COUNTRY AROUND 7 PM.  DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH
AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLIS...VINSON...MADGE AND MCKNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3496 9999 3496 9989 3494 9987 3494 9973
      3450 9985 3448 9987 3454 10000 3492 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 294DEG 36KT 3479 10028

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:39 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
639 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

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

0638 PM     HAIL             5 W SHARON              36.28N 99.43W
04/09/2012  E3.50 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, Apr 9, 6:07 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
707 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

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

0705 PM     HAIL             VICI                    36.15N 99.30W
04/09/2012  E1.50 INCH       DEWEY              OK   STORM CHASER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:17 PM CST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
717 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

OKZ008-100045-
KAY OK-
717 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KAY COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...

AT 715 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKANSAS
CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDY.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

LAT...LON 3697 9674 3679 9676 3679 9700 3700 9705
      3700 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 303DEG 28KT 3703 9694

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The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman

When: April 9, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Hardeman County, 3 mi W of Goodlett
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 34.340, -99.933

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2012 Every state in 2012 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 370938.