Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 2012

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 2012
Start: 2012-05-29T17:35
End: 2012-05-29T20:10
Location: Texas

May 29, 2012 · NWS OUN · 9 events in 2 counties and zones

Isolated supercells developed during the late afternoon along a dryline across western Texas. The storms drifted southward across Wichita and Archer counties delivering large hail and wind damage.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 supercells developed during the late afternoon along a dryline across western Texas. The storms drifted southward across Wichita and Archer counties delivering large hail and wind damage.

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 May 29, 5:28 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:28 PM CST, 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

.AVIATION...
SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS
ACROSS NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE
EXPANDS THE COVERAGE OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA FROM 1-6Z WHILE LIMITING COVERAGE AND DURATION WITH
CONVECTION SOUTH. WILL MENTION PREVAILING TSRA AT OKC AND OUN FOR
A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE OVERNIGHT
(AFTER 7Z). MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 21-00Z.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012/

DISCUSSION...
SFC LOW IS POSITIONED OVER NE TX PANHANDLE WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING
ACROSS THE OK/KS BORDER AND A DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN
OK. THESE BOUNDARIES AND TRIPLE POINT COULD BE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG
THE FRONT AND NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
THEN CONGEAL INTO ONE OR MORE STORM COMPLEXES THAT MOVE ACROSS THE
FA TONIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL/CENTRAL OK.
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTN/NIGHT. A SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY PROVIDING SOME UPPER SUPPORT THAT IS
LACKING FOR TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME
SEVERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE IN SOME AREAS.

COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT
LEADING TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR ABOUT THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO AOA NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW THE FORECAST IS DRY AFTER THURSDAY BUT
WITH RETURNING MOISTURE AND NW FLOW FOR AT LEAST THE LAST HALF OF
THE WORK WEEK SOME ADDITIONAL STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  70  88  64  77 /  50  30  70  20
HOBART OK         69  90  63  80 /  40  30  50  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  72  93  65  85 /  30  20  40  20
GAGE OK           65  82  61  75 /  30  40  50  10
PONCA CITY OK     65  82  60  73 /  60  50  80  20
DURANT OK         72  88  70  83 /  40  30  70  40

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 11:06 AM CST, 6 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1206 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-301000-
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-
1206 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA COVERS ALL COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS COVERED BY NWS NORMAN.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM
THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IMPACTS...
HAIL LARGER THAN TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE THE MAIN
HAZARD...CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROOFS...CROPS AND CARS.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 65 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING
DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...TREES AND UTILITY LINES.

DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. AS THIS OCCURS...A WARM FRONT WILL
MOVE NORTH AND REACH THE KANSAS OKLAHOMA BORDER REGION BY 6 PM CDT.
A DRYLINE WILL BE SITUATED ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS...SHARPENING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AMPLE MOISTURE
AND RISING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A HIGHLY UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR
OVER OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STRONG SURFACE HEATING WILL WEAKEN INHIBITION...ALLOWING FOR
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN
4 AND 7 PM CDT. THIS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FIRST NEAR THE OKLAHOMA
KANSAS LINE OR ALONG THE DRYLINE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. STORMS WILL
MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

INITIAL STORMS WILL POSE A THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. STORMS MAY GROW INTO A COMPLEX AFTER 7 PM CDT...POSING
MAINLY A DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A WOODWARD TO
DURANT LINE. ALTHOUGH A FEW SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT
AFTER MIDNIGHT...MUCH OF THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL DIMINISH.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MAY 30.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...90 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED
ON WEDNESDAY AS LARGE INSTABILITY AND A LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE
CONTRIBUTE TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...THOUGH A TORNADO OR TWO MAY ALSO OCCUR.

STORMS MAY LINGER INTO THURSDAY WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF
DAMAGING WINDS DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...STORM CHANCES DECREASE WITH A RELATIVELY
DRY PATTERN SETTING UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY
5 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

AUSTIN/MBS/MAXWELL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 4:59 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
559 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

0556 PM     HAIL             3 N MANITOU             34.55N 98.98W
05/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       TILLMAN            OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ALONG TILLMAN COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 183

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, May 29, 5:01 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
601 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

0601 PM     HAIL             2 W LACEY               36.12N 98.12W
05/29/2012  E2.75 INCH       KINGFISHER         OK   STORM CHASER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, May 29, 5:19 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

0603 PM     HAIL             6 E OKEENE              36.12N 98.21W
05/29/2012  E3.00 INCH       BLAINE             OK   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, May 29, 5:25 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
625 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

0622 PM     HAIL             6 E DAVIDSON            34.24N 98.97W
05/29/2012  E1.50 INCH       TILLMAN            OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, May 29, 5:28 PM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
628 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

0626 PM     HAIL             LAHOMA                  36.39N 98.09W
05/29/2012  E1.00 INCH       GARFIELD           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

0623 PM     HAIL             1 WNW LAHOMA            36.39N 98.11W
05/29/2012  E2.00 INCH       MAJOR              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, May 29, 5:34 PM CST, 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

OKZ005-006-300000-
WOODS OK-ALFALFA OK-
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN WOODS AND WEST CENTRAL
ALFALFA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 631 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DACOMA...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAMBERT.

LAT...LON 3677 9837 3659 9844 3668 9859 3675 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 275DEG 7KT 3670 9852

MAXWELL

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wichita

When: May 29, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, 0.69 mi N of Haynesville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.100, -98.920

Hail, Wichita

When: May 29, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Electra
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 34.030, -98.920

Hail, Wichita

When: May 29, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Electra
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.030, -98.920

Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita

When: May 29, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, 0.69 mi S of Burkburnett
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 34.080, -98.560

A semi was blown off of Daniels road. The driver sustained minor injuries. Damages are estimated.

Hail, Wichita

When: May 29, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, 4.84 mi S of Electra
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.960, -98.920

Hail, Wichita

When: May 29, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, 6.22 mi S of Electra
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.940, -98.920

No damage was reported.

Hail, Wichita

When: May 29, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, Kadane Corner
Measured: 4 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 33.850, -98.830

No damage was reported.

Hail, Archer

When: May 29, 7:59 PM CST
Where: Archer County, 0.69 mi S of Lake Kickapoo Dam
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 33.650, -98.780

Hail, Archer

When: May 29, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Archer County, 0.69 mi S of Lake Kickapoo Dam
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 33.650, -98.780

No damage was reported.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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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: 385205, 385206, 385208, 385216, 385209, 385210, 385212, 385214, 385215.