Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 11, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 11, 2014
Start: 2014-06-11T21:58
End: 2014-06-11T23:39
Location: Texas

June 11, 2014 · NWS AMA · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

The combination of a surface cold front moving southeastward out of Colorado and an upper level shortwave brought a round of severe thunderstorms to the Texas Panhandle during the overnight hours of the 11th. Moderate deep shear made up for marginal instability to allow storms to reach severe levels as they moved across the northeastern Texas Panhandle. The cold front which helped to initiate these storms moved into Western Oklahoma shortly before midnight on the 12th and brought an end to the severe threat for the Panhandle.

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 11, 6:01 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:01 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
701 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

.AVIATION...00Z TAFS

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KGUY FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE
TAF PERIOD AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP TO ACCOUNT. HAVE STAYED
OPTIMISTIC AT KDHT AND KAMA WITH RESPECT TO THUNDER...BUT MAY HAVE TO
AMEND LATER.

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH ALL SITES TURNING WINDS TO THE NORTH
AND THEN NE. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY FOR A PERIOD TOMORROW MORNING AND
LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER OUT TOMORROW
AFTERNOON WITH WINDS ALSO LESSENING.

SIMPSON
&&

.UPDATE...

ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLES AND
UPDATED THE GRIDS/ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR RETURNS. THINK
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

SIMPSON
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 428 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT
VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY IS INDICATING A GROWING CU FIELD OVER EASTERN
NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO NEAR A DIFFUSE DRYLINE NEAR THE
NEW MEXICO/TEXAS BORDER. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME INCREASING MORE
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON /ALTHOUGH NOTE THAT THE 5000 J/KG CAPE IN THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE IS ERRONEOUS/ AND A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO AID
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE BETTER INSTABILITY OVER THE TEXAS
AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE
CROSSES THE AREA...STORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE. ALSO AIDING IN
THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WILL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF A COLD FRONT THAT
IS CURRENTLY STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS. STORMS WILL LIKELY
CONGEAL INTO A MCS THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA LATE
TONIGHT. MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SHOULD SEE A LULL IN STORM CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY AS
SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH SPREADS ACROSS THE
AREA WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.
HOWEVER SOME CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN NEW MEXICO
IN THE POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE FLOW AND MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES
THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE COOLER WITH STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. SHOULD SEE BRISK NORTHERLY
WINDS INITIALLY ONCE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH BUT WINDS WILL
QUICKLY SETTLE DOWN IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL LOOKS A LITTLE BETTER ON FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY ON SOUTHERLY
WINDS DOWNSTREAM OF A SURFACE TROUGH. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG INTO
THE INTER MOUNTAIN WEST WITH AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSING NEARBY
WHICH CAN SPARK SOME STORMS MAINLY TOWARD FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THE
INFLUX OF MOISTURE WILL BE MAXIMIZED WHILE A LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTIES IN THE CONVECTION
POTENTIAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE THE NWP MODELS
SUGGEST A SLOSHING DRYLINE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL PASS TOO
FAR NORTH OF THE AMA CWA TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE CONVECTION
POTENTIAL ALTHOUGH IT WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY.
THIS FRONT WILL NOT HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER
ACROSS THE AREA AS IT WILL ONLY KNOCK TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES /UPPER
80S TO LOW 90S AS OPPOSED TO LOWER TO MID 90S SATURDAY/. MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS ARE STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES TOWARD
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK LIKELY TIED TO TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM
CHRISTINA BUT WILL AWAIT FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM THE MODELS
BEFORE INSERTING POPS IN FOR THIS PERIOD. OTHERWISE THE WEEK WILL
START OF DRY AND HOT WITH TEMPS REMAINING IN THE 90S.

CLK

FIRE WEATHER...
DESPITE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DIPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT
ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...NEITHER ELEVATED OR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL AND GREEN UP OF FUELS.

CLK

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

&&

09/19

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 2:25 PM CST, 7 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
325 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-121100-
CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB-
HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-
GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH-
325 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES
THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH
OF THE PANHANDLES. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

CLK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:37 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
837 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

OKZ002-003-TXZ003-004-120230-
BEAVER OK-HANSFORD TX-OCHILTREE TX-TEXAS OK-
837 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OCHILTREE...
NORTHEASTERN HANSFORD...WESTERN BEAVER AND EASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
HOOKER TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF HARDESTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRYTON...           TURPIN...             GRAY...
  FLORIS...             BRYANS CORNER...      BOYD...
  BALKO...              TYRONE...             HOOKER...
  HARDESTY...           BAKER...              ADAMS...
  FARNSWORTH...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3622 10074 3639 10143 3700 10124 3700 10053
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 276DEG 32KT 3688 10112 3646 10125

SIMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:38 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
938 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0933 PM     TSTM WND GST     ELMWOOD                 36.62N 100.52W
06/11/2014  E70 MPH          BEAVER             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400450

ABM

Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:39 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
939 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

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

0930 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSW BEAVER            36.80N 100.53W
06/11/2014  M58 MPH          BEAVER             OK   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER AMA1400452

BJS

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:57 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
957 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

TXZ004-009-120345-
OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX-
957 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ROBERTS AND OCHILTREE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 954 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARNSWORTH...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PERRYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRYTON...           WOLF CREEK PARK...    WAKA...
  FARNSWORTH...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3587 10060 3584 10109 3650 10104 3650 10055
      3629 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 245DEG 31KT 3624 10087

SIMPSON

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:22 PM CST, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1022 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

TXZ004-005-009-010-120400-
HEMPHILL TX-LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX-ROBERTS TX-
1022 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBERTS...EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN OCHILTREE...SOUTHERN LIPSCOMB AND HEMPHILL COUNTIES
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTH OF WOLF CREEK PARK...OR 18 MILES
WEST OF CANADIAN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANADIAN...           LAKE MARVIN...        GLAZIER...
  LORA...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3562 10000 3562 10014 3578 10094 3608 10081
      3609 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 276DEG 32KT 3596 10067

SIMPSON

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:55 PM CST, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1055 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

TXZ004-005-120500-
LIPSCOMB TX-OCHILTREE TX-
1055 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OCHILTREE AND
NORTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1051 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PERRYTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PERRYTON...           FARNSWORTH...         DARROUZETT...
  BOOKER...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3648 10028 3618 10039 3627 10100 3648 10094
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 270DEG 28KT 3637 10082

KB

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Lipscomb

When: June 11, 9:58 PM CST to 9:59 PM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, Lipscomb
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.230, -100.270

A thunderstorm developed over the northern portion of Lipscomb County during the late evening hours of the 11th. As the storm tracked eastward and approached the town of Lipscomb (Lipscomb County), a local law enforcement official in town reported a estimated 60 mph thunderstorm downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.

Hail, Lipscomb

When: June 11, 10:55 PM CST to 10:56 PM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, 2.76 mi S of Lipscomb to 5.83 mi SE of Lipscomb
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 36.190, -100.270

A thunderstorm developed over the southern portion of Lipscomb County during the late evening hours of the 11th. As the storm tracked eastward and approached the town of Lipscomb (Lipscomb County), a storm chaser 3 miles south of Lipscomb (Lipscomb County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the storm continued to move eastward across the county.

Hail, Ochiltree

When: June 11, 11:25 PM CST to 11:26 PM CST
Where: Ochiltree County, 14.26 mi SSE of Perryton Muni Arpt to 14.96 mi SSE of Perryton Muni Arpt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.210, -100.650

A thunderstorm developed over the southeastern portion of Ochiltree County during the late evening hours of the 11th. As the storm tracked southeastward and approached Wolf Creek Park (Ochiltree County), a local law enforcement official reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the storm continued to move southeastward across the county.

Hail, Ochiltree

When: June 11, 11:38 PM CST to 11:39 PM CST
Where: Ochiltree County, 16.86 mi SE of Perryton Muni Arpt to 20.16 mi SE of Perryton Muni Arpt
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 36.210, -100.560

A thunderstorm developed over the southeastern portion of Ochiltree County during the late evening hours of the 11th. As the storm tracked southeastward and approached Wolf Creek Park (Lipscomb County), a County Official 5 miles east of Wolf Creek Park (Ochiltree County) reported nickel size hail (0.88 inch). After producing this hail the storm continued to move southeastward across the county.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 522608, 522610, 522626, 522627.