Hail, Archer
- When
- February 3, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Archer County, 7 mi S of Windthorst
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.479, -98.440
Hail in Texas, February 3, 2012
Isolated severe thunderstorms occurred over parts of north Texas on the 3rd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 OUN wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms occurred over parts of north Texas on the 3rd.
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 Feb 3, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 12:06 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1206 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 .AVIATION... MOST TERMINALS WILL STAY UNDER IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 00Z SAT. TERMINALS KSPS AND KLAW MAY INCREASE TO MVFR FOR A TIME PERIOD. AN UPPER LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS, WHICH IS PUSHING A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TSRA AFFECTING ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT KGAG, KWWD, AND KCSM. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST UP THROUGH 00Z AT TERMINAL KPNC, WHILE MORE SCATTERED TSRA WILL AFFECT THE REMAINING TERMINALS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT HAS PRODUCED A NORTH WIND SHIFT, WHICH WILL AFFECT ALL TERMINALS BY 03Z SAT. OVERNIGHT, CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO MVFR AS THE CEILINGS RISE AND VISIBILITIES IMPROVE. BY THE END OF THIS TAF PERIOD, ALL TERMINALS SHOULD BE IN VFR CONDITIONS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 534 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012/ AVIATION... IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OKALHOMA THIS MORNING DURING AND AFTER THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. DRIER AIR AND WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST WILL HAPPEN LATE IN THE DAY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 231 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012/ DISCUSSION... THE UPPER SYSTEM BRINGING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. MUCH OF THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO SEE RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND MORE GENERAL RAIN WILL FOLLOW. DRIER AIR AND THE WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN OKALHOMA AND DURING THE EVENING IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS, MORE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW IN THE WEEKEND. ON TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK TROUGH THAT IS EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. OTHERWISE, RAIN CHANCES REMAIN LOW NEXT WEEK AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 64 37 49 32 / 80 20 10 10 HOBART OK 63 34 49 28 / 60 10 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 70 39 53 32 / 70 10 10 10 GAGE OK 49 32 45 24 / 30 10 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 58 37 46 30 / 80 50 10 10 DURANT OK 70 46 58 36 / 90 50 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06/67/67
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1245 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-041300-
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-
1245 PM CST FRI FEB 3 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM KNOX
CITY AND VERNON TEXAS...TO HOBART AND WEATHERFORD...TO ENID AND
PONCA CITY.
TIMING...
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
ACROSS FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE RISK AREA. WITH GREATER AMOUNTS OF
INSTABILITY EXPECTED FROM 2 PM TO 9 PM FARTHER EAST...STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONGER AND MORE NUMEROUS.
IMPACTS...
THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE HAIL UP THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND
GUSTS OF 65 MPH. HOWEVER...THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE ABLE TO
PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS INTO THIS
EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER
SHEAR IS STRONG...LOWER LEVEL SHEAR WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT WITH TIME.
THIS WILL RESULT IN THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS TO BE LARGE
HAIL AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS...ALTHOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY FEB 4.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SATURDAY.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:08 PM CST, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 108 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 OKZ023-038-031930- CADDO OK-COMANCHE OK- 108 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. AT 108 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICINE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... LAT...LON 3498 9830 3486 9809 3458 9857 3469 9864
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:09 PM CST, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
109 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
TXZ089-090-031930-
CLAY TX-ARCHER TX-
109 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER AND CLAY COUNTIES.
AT 109 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WINDTHORST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3340 9878 3388 9813 3370 9797 3364 9797
3346 9830 3346 9841 3340 9841 3338 9843
3339 9871Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:29 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
129 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
OKZ024-025-031945-
CANADIAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
129 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES.
AT 129 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
OKLAHOMA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 3558 9737 3537 9770 3545 9787 3573 9762
3572 9758Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:29 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 129 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 OKZ032-043-031945- COAL OK-HUGHES OK- 129 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COAL AND HUGHES COUNTIES. AT 130 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTRAHOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 3453 9627 3467 9641 3490 9610 3469 9608
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:41 PM CST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
141 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
OKZ032-043-032000-
COAL OK-HUGHES OK-
141 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COAL AND HUGHES COUNTIES.
AT 142 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3465 9609 3459 9618 3473 9632 3490 9609
3489 9608 3468 9609Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:45 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
145 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
OKZ019-025-032000-
LOGAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
145 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOGAN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES.
AT 146 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN
OKLAHOMA CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 3577 9721 3545 9758 3553 9767 3559 9768
3591 9745The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clay
- When
- February 3, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Vashti
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 33.560, -98.040
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 Flash Flooding in Texas, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, February 3, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, February 3, 2012
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 3 to 6, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kansas, February 3 to 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 3 to 4, 2012
More
Every storm in Texas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 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: 359401, 359402.