Thunderstorm Wind, Cimarron
- When
- July 3, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron County, 3 mi SSE of Boise City
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 36.690, -102.499
Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 2016
An upper level shortwave trough embedded in mean flow moving east-southeast across SE Colorado coupled with daytime heating and instability generated a multi-cell thunderstorm complex. With CAPE values around 2000 J/kg and 0-6 km bulk shear 30-40 kts, storms produced penny to nickel size 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
- None recorded
- 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 AMA wrote it up.
An upper level shortwave trough embedded in mean flow moving east-southeast across SE Colorado coupled with daytime heating and instability generated a multi-cell thunderstorm complex. With CAPE values around 2000 J/kg and 0-6 km bulk shear 30-40 kts, storms produced penny to nickel size hail. Main severe weather impacts were severe wind gusts.
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 Jul 3, 5:49 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:49 PM CST, 16 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 649 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 .Aviation... 00Z TAFs - VFR conditions will prevail through this TAF period. Scattered thunderstorms are possible this evening across the western half of the Panhandles, with KDHT the most likely terminal to see one. Northerly winds will shift southerly overnight and remain less than 10kts once convection subsides. Scattered VFR clouds and southerly winds are expected for the 4th of July Holiday, with scattered storms possible after 00Z tomorrow. Elsenheimer && .Prev Discussion... /Issued 517 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016/ Discussion... For this evening, the next crop of showers and tstms which have formed over the higher terrain of sern CO and nern NM will continue movg esewd and affect at least parts of the western and perhaps central zones this evening. It is a tough call as to how far east and south these showers and storms will travel before dissipating. For this pckg, included slgt chc pops for wrn half of the fcst area until 06Z tonight. A minor upper level shortwave trof embedded in the overall flow pattern coupled with daytime heating and attendant atmospheric instability are collectively responsible for this round of showers and storms. A few storms may become strong to marginally severe through early this evening before weakening. On Monday and Monday night, another minor upper level shortwave trof is progged to zip across the srn high plains, including our forecast area. This feature, plus some shear, daytime heating and atmospheric instability, may result in the potential for shower and tstm development across at least parts of our area late in the afternoon and through the evening hours. In addition, a low level jet may help sustain tstms through Monday evening. If storms form, a few will have the potential to become strong to marginally severe, with large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards. Then from Tuesday through Sunday, a somewhat dirty upper level ridge of high pressure will prevail across much of the srn states. This particular upper level ridge of high pressure will likely not be strong enuf to completely suppress tstm development durg this time period. Have incorporated slgt chc pops across parts of the fcst area to account for the low threat of tstm development durg this time period. Well above normal temperatures including some triple digit values are forecast to return to the area by Tuesday and lasting at least a few days after. Andrade && .AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. && 18/15
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:53 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 453 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-041100- CIMARRON-TEXAS-BEAVER-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-OCHILTREE-LIPSCOMB- HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON-ROBERTS-HEMPHILL-OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON- GRAY-WHEELER-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG-DONLEY-COLLINGSWORTH- 453 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP ON MONDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. ANY STORMS THAT FORM ON TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ANDRADE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:50 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
450 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
TXZ001-032215-
DALLAM TX-
450 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DALLAM COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM CDT...
AT 450 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF TEXLINE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF CLAYTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEXLINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 10304 3650 10286 3649 10250 3627 10267
3616 10289 3636 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 312DEG 27KT 3643 10292
CESpecial weather statement, Jul 3, 4:54 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 554 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 OKZ001-032330- CIMARRON OK- 554 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 554 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMPO...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLACK MESA PARK AND KENTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3699 10227 3685 10252 3679 10300 3700 10300 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 307DEG 27KT 3705 10273 CE
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cimarron
- When
- July 3, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron County, 0.55 mi E of Boise City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 36.730, -102.510
Thunderstorm Wind, Cimarron
- When
- July 3, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Cimarron County, 1 mi WSW of Felt
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.565, -102.797
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, July 3, 2016
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 3 to 4, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 3, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 3 to 4, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 3, 2016
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 3, 2016
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 3, 2016
- Heat in Texas, July 3 to 7, 2016
- Heat in Louisiana, July 3 to 7, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, July 3, 2016
- Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2016
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 2016
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: 651672, 651671, 651676.