Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- July 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, 1.79 mi SW of Vernon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -99.310
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 3, 2015
Scattered storms developed as a front lingered over Oklahoma and western north Texas the evening of the 3rd and into early morning on the 4th, producing strong winds and a little bit of hail.
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
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Scattered storms developed as a front lingered over Oklahoma and western north Texas the evening of the 3rd and into early morning on the 4th, producing strong winds and a little bit of hail.
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 Jul 3, 1:51 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:51 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 251 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS FORMED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A COUPLE OF SURFACE BOUNDARIES...ONE IN NORTHWEST/NORTH- CENTRAL/NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND ANOTHER SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER IN TEXAS. SHORT-RANGE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR STORMS THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG OUR SOUTHEASTERN...WESTERN...AND SOUTHERN BORDER COUNTIES. THE SAME MODELS GENERALLY REDUCE CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...BUT THE CHANCES DO NOT GO COMPLETELY AWAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE IMPROBABLE. AN UNCAPPED AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN TOMORROW...AND DISORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...A MUCH HIGHER CHANCE FOR RAIN AND STORMS WILL ARRIVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER- LEVEL WAVE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY SEASONAL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...EXCEPT ON TUESDAY...WHEN WIDESPREAD STORMS AND CLOUDS WILL LIKELY HOLD AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 71 89 73 90 / 20 30 30 30 HOBART OK 70 92 73 94 / 20 20 20 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 73 93 75 95 / 30 20 10 10 GAGE OK 67 91 72 93 / 20 20 20 10 PONCA CITY OK 68 89 73 90 / 20 10 50 50 DURANT OK 71 90 73 89 / 50 50 20 30 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 26/23
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:07 AM CST, 6 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1207 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-041715- 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- 1207 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE REST OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A CHANDLER TO NORMAN AND DUNCAN LINE. THIS INCLUDES ARDMORE...ADA...DURANT... SHAWNEE AND SEMINOLE. TIMING... 4 TO 9 PM. IMPACTS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS 60 TO 70 MPH... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING... DISCUSSION... AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE THE UPPER 80S AND 90S THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS INSTABILITY WEAKENS THROUGH THE EVENING...STORM INTENSITY WILL DECREASE BUT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ON SATURDAY...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 3:53 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
453 PM CDT FRI JUL 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0432 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NNE LEEDEY 35.96N 99.30W
07/03/2015 DEWEY OK PUBLIC
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED
&&
MAUSTINLocal storm report, Jul 3, 3:58 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
458 PM CDT FRI JUL 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSE LEEDEY 35.83N 99.32W
07/03/2015 E60 MPH DEWEY OK PUBLIC
&&
MAUSTINSpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 4:01 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 501 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 OKZ028-029-032230- MCCLAIN OK-CLEVELAND OK- 501 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MCCLAIN AND WEST CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 458 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLDSBY... MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... LAT...LON 3520 9759 3523 9744 3500 9730 3495 9762 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 349DEG 12KT 3517 9751
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:35 PM CST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 535 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 TXZ085-032300- WILBARGER TX- 535 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN WILBARGER COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 528 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OKLAUNION... MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER... LAT...LON 3420 9921 3417 9899 3395 9899 3400 9931 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 10DEG 5KT 3412 9912
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:02 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 602 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 TXZ085-032330- WILBARGER TX- 602 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WILBARGER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 557 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OKLAUNION... MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE... LAT...LON 3422 9926 3418 9905 3397 9906 3403 9937 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 13DEG 4KT 3413 9918
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:08 PM CST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
608 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015
OKZ022-032345-
WASHITA OK-
608 PM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHITA COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 607 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORDELL. THIS
STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
LAT...LON 3534 9907 3529 9885 3512 9886 3511 9897
3516 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 26DEG 2KT 3525 9899The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- July 3, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, 1.79 mi SW of Vernon
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -99.310
Power lines downed by winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- July 3, 5:44 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, 2.86 mi W of Lockett
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -99.420
Irrigation pivot blown over by wind.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flood and Hail in California, July 3 to 8, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 3, 2015
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 3 to 4, 2015
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 3, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3, 2015
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 2015
- Flash Flood and Flood in Indiana, July 3 to 4, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3 to 4, 2015
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 3, 2015
More
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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: 590113, 590114, 590120.