Oklahoma, 2013Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, June 16, 2013
June 16, 2013 · NWS AMA · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A series of weak upper level waves provided the upper level support for showers and thunderstorms to develop during the morning and evening hours of the 16th. These storms caused brief periods of heavy rain to the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle which lead to minor flooding of flood prone areas.
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A series of weak upper level waves provided the upper level support for showers and thunderstorms to develop during the morning and evening hours of the 16th. These storms caused brief periods of heavy rain to the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle which lead to minor flooding of flood prone areas.
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 16, 5:31 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:31 PM CST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
631 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
.AVIATION.../00Z TAFS/
HAVE MODERATE CONFIDENCE OF VCTS AT KDHT AND KGUY, BUT CONFIDENCE
WITH RESPECT TO TIMING IS ON THE LOW SIDE. IF THERE IS A DIRECT
IMPACT FROM TSRA, BRIEF LIFR CONDITIONS, GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 KT,
AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. BELIEVE KAMA WILL MISS ANY TSRA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THEY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE TERMINAL. TSRA
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AFTER 21Z ON MONDAY, BUT SINCE THEY WILL BE
ISOLATED, CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME.
HAVE MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE OF IFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS AT ALL
TERMINALS 07Z-18Z. VFR CONDITIONS RETURN BY 18Z.
JACKSON
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013/
SHORT TERM...
THE FOCUS REMAINS ON THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY.
THROUGH TONIGHT...COULD SEE AN INITIAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING DEVELOPING ALONG REMNANT OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WITH SOME AREAS
STILL 5 F DEGREES BELOW THE CONVECTIVE TEMP...AND LIMITED CONFIDENCE
OF HIGHER TERRAIN STORMS MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLES...AM NOT CERTAIN
HOW WIDESPREAD THE COVERAGE WILL BE FOR THIS ROUND. STILL A HIGHER
CHANCE FOR STORMS LOOKS TO COME WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT
LATE TONIGHT. MANY OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS SHOW THIS MCS COULD
PRIMARILY STAY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION IN DEEPER
MOISTURE. HOWEVER...WAS HESITANT TO LOWER POPS IN THE AREA GIVEN A
STILL UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE EVEN LATE TONIGHT.
TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT...ONE DIFFERENCE TOMORROW FROM THE LAST
FEW DAYS IS THAT IT MAY TAKE LONGER FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION TO
BEGIN IN A POST FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT WITH CONSIDERABLY HIGHER CIN
VALUES THAN TODAY. OTHERWISE...THE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR ELEVATED
CONVECTION AFTER SUNSET AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH SLIDES OVER THE
REGION.
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...COULD SEE ONE MORE ROUND OF CONVECTION
WITH THE LAST IN THIS SERIES OF TROUGHS THAT SLIDES OVER THE RIDGE.
HOWEVER...BY THIS POINT THE RIDGE MAY BE BUILDING ENOUGH THAT THE
LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE MAY INHIBIT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION. FOR
NOW...STAYED CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.
LONG TERM...
RIDGE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY...BUT CERTAINLY BY THE WEEKEND. THIS SHOULD LEAVE THE REGION
IN SOUTHWEST FLOW. UNDER THIS PATTERN...COULD SEE OFF AND ON RAIN
CHANCES WITH A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE UPPER
LEVEL FLOW. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY HOWEVER...GIVEN UNCERTAINTY IN
HOW QUICKLY THE RIDGE WILL SLIDE EAST...AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING
OF INDIVIDUAL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS.
JOHNSON
FIRE WEATHER...
RECENT RAINS AND GREEN UP...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ABOVE 20 PERCENT SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
JOHNSON
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.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.
&&
JJ/JC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 8:12 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
912 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-171100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
912 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE...STRONG WINDS
TO 70 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER COUNTY OKLAHOMA
AND LIPSCOMB COUNTY TEXAS UNTIL 2 AM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT AND AGAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
COCKRELL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:42 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
842 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
OKZ002-170245-
TEXAS OK-
842 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 945
PM CDT...
AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF OPTIMA...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GUYMON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPTIMA... HOUGH... HOOKER...
ADAMS...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3669 10102 3681 10191 3700 10186 3700 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 262DEG 15KT 3681 10135
JACKSON
Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:21 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
921 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM HAIL 10 N GUYMON 36.83N 101.48W
06/16/2013 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300637
COCKRELLLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:34 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
934 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM HAIL 2 N HOOKER 36.89N 101.21W
06/16/2013 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300638
ABMLocal storm report, Jun 16, 8:54 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
954 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0953 PM HAIL 1 W GUYMON 36.69N 101.50W
06/16/2013 E1.00 INCH TEXAS OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300639
COCKRELLSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 9:01 PM CST, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1001 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
TXZ001-002-006-007-011-012-170330-
DALLAM TX-HARTLEY TX-MOORE TX-OLDHAM TX-POTTER TX-SHERMAN TX-
1001 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN...EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN POTTER...OLDHAM...WESTERN MOORE...HARTLEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...
AT 957 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF
DALHART TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROMERO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VEGA... DALHART... HARTLEY...
CHANNING... CACTUS... BOYS RANCH...
ADRIAN...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 35.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3612 10197 3523 10228 3529 10302 3628 10263
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 320DEG 25KT 3611 10253 3556 10282
JACKSON
Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:20 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1020 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 PM HAIL GUYMON 36.69N 101.48W
06/16/2013 E1.50 INCH TEXAS OK PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER AMA1300640
ABMHeavy Rain, Beaver
- When
- June 16, 9:31 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, 3.83 mi S of Beaver to Bryans Corner
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 36.765, -100.508
A line of thunderstorms moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours on the 16th in response to the passage of a weak upper level wave. These thunderstorms produced periods of heavy rain which lead to minor flooding across Beaver County. The Beaver County Emergency Manager reported low lying areas from Beaver to Elmwood to Bryans Corner had filled with water. No roads were reported to be impacted by this nuisance flooding. After the line of thunderstorms moved to the southeast of the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle the flood waters receded.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Arizona, June 16 to 18, 20134 deaths · 1 event
- Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 16 to 17, 2013$1.8 million · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16 to 17, 2013$697,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
- Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 2013$410,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 16, 2013$75,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16 to 17, 2013$35,000 · 1 in hail · 15 events
- Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 2013$40,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16 to 17, 2013$20,000 · 2.75 in hail · 15 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 16, 2013$6,000 · EF0 · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 16 to 17, 2013$13,000 · 2 in hail · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16 to 17, 2013$21,000 · 2.5 in hail · 8 events
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 16, 20131 injured · $20,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
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: 463911.