Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 23, 2026

Name: Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 23, 2026
Start: 2026-06-23T05:44
End: 2026-06-23T17:50
Location: Texas

June 23, 2026 · NWS AMA · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $60,000
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 AMA wrote it up.

The combined Panhandles were located between low pressure to the north and high pressure to the south. This allowed for late afternoon and evening storms to move from northwest to southeast across the region in a warm, moist and unstable environment. Supercell and multicell clusters of storms developed and affected the central and eastern portions of the Texas Panhandle during the later afternoon and evening hours. Large hail, damaging winds and flooding occurred across the region.

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 23, 5:21 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Issued at 1155 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026
Low chance for strong to severe thunderstorms this morning and again for this afternoon with the main threats being large hail and damaging winds. -Thunderstorm chances, with a severe potential, will continue through the work week. -The coming weekend is looking to be hot with triple digit temperatures across the combined Panhandles Sat through Mon.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 5:21 AM CST, 23 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
621 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 1155 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

- Low chance for strong to severe thunderstorms this morning and
  again for this afternoon with the main threats being large hail
  and damaging winds.

-Thunderstorm chances, with a severe potential, will continue
 through the work week.

-The coming weekend is looking to be hot with triple digit
 temperatures across the combined Panhandles Sat through Mon.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Wednesday night)
Issued at 1155 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

Today through Wednesday the southern plains remains between a low
pressure weather system to the north and a high pressure weather
system to the south. This will continue to keep a northwest flow
that is slowly becoming a west to east flow across the panhandles.
This in turn allows for small scale weather system passing through
that flow to impact the panhandles each day.

This morning the low level jet is bringing in low moisture across
the panhandles that is leading to the cloudy skies. Normally
a cloudy night would be indicative of more stable conditions but
that is not the case for today. For above this cloud layer
conditions are very unstable across the panhandles. The
environment has CAPE values range from 2000 to 3500 J/Kg with
shear of 20 to 40 kt. What is laking is a trigger mechanism to
start thunderstorms that can fully utilize this environment. So
this will leave much of the early morning with calm weather. This
changes come the mid morning as we have a small scale weather
system that is likely to pass across the northern and eastern
portions of the panhandles. This system has a low to medium chance
of sparking off rain showers and thunderstorms when it passes
through. With the environment as unstable as it is there is a
further low chance for these storms to become strong to severe
with large hail and damaging winds being the main threat. Further
more the moisture is likely to pool along this system allowing for
the storms to produce torrential rainfall. This introduces a low
chance for these storms to cause flash flooding. This is most
likely to occur in areas that see more than one storms as it is
unlikely for any single storm to have enough residence time to
cause flash flooding by itself. The storm motion will most likely
be to the southeast with the storms either departing or ceasing by
the late morning hours.

The bank of low clouds will most likely dissipate by the late
morning hours of today. This will allow for ample heating to occur
across the panhandles through the day increasing the unstable
conditions. Once again all that is needed is a trigger mechanism
to get thunderstorms going in the first place. There is a low
chance for the panhandles to get this forcing in the afternoon
through either the setting up of a weak dry line or through
outflows from the morning convection. The dryline would
materialize from a push of drier air carried in by breezy
southwest winds. These are most likely to set up in the central
panhandles with a lesser chance for the western and eastern
panhandles. The environment is such that 3000 to 5000 J/Kg of CAPE
and with 20 to 40 kt of shear. This will allow for organized
updrafts that can turn into supercell with large hail and damaging
winds being the main threat. If this round of thunderstorms
formed it would likely persist until the evening hours. Still this
round is the least certain as the trigger mechanism have to setup
and enough moisture then has to concentrate upon them to get the
storms going. The safer bet remain no thunderstorms for the
afternoon, it just if they occur they can be powerful. A further
consequence of the southerly to southwesterly winds today is that
it will bring in hotter air that will cause the highs to creep
back into the 100s for the hotter areas.

It is more likely for storms to occur tonight into Wednesday
morning with the arrival of a small scale weather system. This
would provide the necessary forcing needed to get thunderstorms
going when it passes through. Overall the environment is likely to
have weakened by the time this system passes through with a more
modest 1000 to 2000 J/Kg of CAPE with shear of 20 to 40 kt. This
will still allow for a low chance of severe thunderstorms with the
main threat being large hail and damaging winds. These storms
will likely persist through the mid morning hours before the
storms either depart of dissipate. This will then most likely
leave calmer weather conditions across the panhandles the
remainder of Wednesday morning and much of the afternoon. It wont
be until the evening that another small scale weather system
pushes across the area. This system has a low to medium chance of
bringing in thunderstorms from New Mexico during its passage. The
environment is such that there is a low chance for these storms
to be strong to severe with large hail and damaging winds being
the main threat.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Thursday through next Monday)
Issued at 1155 PM CDT Mon Jun 22 2026

Thursday and Friday the panhandles has a high chance of remaining
under a west to east flow inbetween the high pressure system to
the south and a deepening low pressure to the northwest.
Initially this will most likely allow for further weather systems
to pass through the area bringing further rain showers and
thunderstorms. However the moisture feed will likely be degrading
during this time which will cause a gradually downtrend in the
rain showers and thunderstorms.

Then going into the weekend the high pressure and the low pressure
seem likely to reposition. This would see the high pressure build
in strength and move to the east of the panhandles. While this
happens the low pressure will deepen and remain mainly to the
northwest of the panhandles. This would lead to a more
southwesterly flow that would bring dry and hot conditions to the
panhandles for the weekend. There is already hints that this setup
wont last as the low pressure system pushes east increasing the
chances that cooler and stormier weather return to the panhandles
during next work week.

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 617 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

Abundant moisture is creating some low clouds in the Panhandles
this morning with MVFR to IFR conditions especially between KGUY
and KAMA eastward. Also, this moisture will provide chances for
KGUY and KAMA to be impacted by thunderstorms over the next 12 to
24 hours. Prob30 groups have been added for the best chances but
this is not all encompassing as low confidence remains on coverage
and timing. LLWS will be showing up across the area after 06Z with
largely a directional difference in the lowest 2k feet above
surface.

&&

.AMA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...None.
OK...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...98
LONG TERM....98
AVIATION...03

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 12:24 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
124 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-317-231830-
Cimarron-Texas-Beaver-Dallam-Sherman-Hansford-Ochiltree-Lipscomb-
Hartley-Moore-Hutchinson-Roberts-Hemphill-Oldham-Potter-Carson-
Gray-Wheeler-Deaf Smith-Randall-Armstrong-Donley-Collingsworth-
Palo Duro Canyon-
124 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Texas and Oklahoma
Panhandles.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a low chance for rounds of severe thunderstorms today
with large hail, damaging winds, and torrential rainfall being the
main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Sunday.

Daily low to medium chances for thunderstorms through Friday.
There is a further low chance for these storms to be severe with
large hail and damaging winds being the main threats.

This weekend has the potential to be very hot which bring the risk
of heat illness.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:02 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
102 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

TXZ020-230630-
Collingsworth TX-
102 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN COLLINGSWORTH
COUNTY THROUGH 130 AM CDT...

At 101 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southeast of Wellington, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Dodson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3475 10025 3484 10026 3486 10000 3475 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 003DEG 9KT 3479 10015

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SH

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:48 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
348 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ003-TXZ005-230930-
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
348 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BEAVER AND NORTHERN
LIPSCOMB COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM CDT...

At 348 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Darrouzett, or 20 miles southeast of Beaver, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Follett, Darrouzett, Elmwood, and Slapout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3631 10042 3667 10059 3666 10000 3624 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 294DEG 26KT 3656 10036

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Harrel

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:14 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
414 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ003-231000-
Beaver OK-
414 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN BEAVER COUNTY
THROUGH 500 AM CDT...

At 414 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Knowles, or 12 miles west of Englewood, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Gate and Knowles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3678 10000 3673 10011 3699 10049 3700 10040
      3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 308DEG 19KT 3698 10019

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Harrel

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:28 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
428 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ003-TXZ005-231015-
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
428 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BEAVER AND
NORTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

At 428 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Follett, or 16 miles northeast of Lipscomb, moving southeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Follett, Darrouzett, and Slapout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3646 10043 3673 10046 3665 10000 3619 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 308DEG 19KT 3643 10010

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Harrel

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:52 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
452 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ003-TXZ005-231015-
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
452 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN BEAVER AND NORTHEASTERN
LIPSCOMB COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

At 452 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Slapout, or 16 miles southeast of Beaver, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Follett and Slapout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3657 10034 3690 10046 3682 10032 3670 10000
      3629 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0952Z 250DEG 18KT 3671 10026

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Harrel

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:26 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
526 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

OKZ003-TXZ005-231115-
Beaver OK-Lipscomb TX-
526 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BEAVER AND
NORTHEASTERN LIPSCOMB COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM CDT...

At 526 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles southwest of Slapout, or 17 miles southwest of Laverne, moving
southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Follett and Slapout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3628 10006 3660 10038 3671 10021 3659 10000
      3636 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 1026Z 316DEG 13KT 3658 10017

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Harrel

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:44 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lipscomb

When: June 23, 5:44 AM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, 5.88 mi SW of Follett
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.360, -100.190

Flash Flood, Lipscomb

When: June 23, 7:13 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, 2.35 mi NNW of Follett to 2.47 mi NNW of Follett
Cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: $500
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.460, -100.150

High water made the intersection of FM2741 and County Road D impassible.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lipscomb

When: June 23, 7:50 AM CST
Where: Lipscomb County, 7.87 mi ESE of Lipscomb
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.170, -100.150

Downed tree limbs were blown across FM 213.

Hail, Potter

When: June 23, 3:16 PM CST
Where: Potter County, Valle de Oro
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.450, -102.110

High Wind, Armstrong

When: June 23, 4:40 PM CST
Where: Armstrong forecast zone
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 74mph wind gust was measured at the mesonet site located at Goodnight. In addition, a semi-truck was overturned on its side at the truck parking area just east of Goodnight on I-40.

Hail, Oldham

When: June 23, 4:42 PM CST to 4:50 PM CST
Where: Oldham County, 0.69 mi N of Wildorado to 1.49 mi SSE of Wildorado
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 35.210, -102.200

A supercell thunderstorm moved slowly across Wildorado. Baseball size hail fell in a swath from three miles east of Wildorado to the Deaf Smith county line, and continued into Deaf Smith County.

Hail, Potter

When: June 23, 4:48 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 2.07 mi N of Bushland
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.210, -102.070

A supercell thunderstorm moved across Wildorado in Oldham County but also produced 1.5 inch hail near Bushland in Potter County.

Hail, Deaf Smith

When: June 23, 4:50 PM CST to 4:58 PM CST
Where: Deaf Smith County, 17.97 mi N of Dawn to 17.28 mi N of Dawn
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 35.180, -102.190

A supercell thunderstorm moved from Oldham County into Deaf Smith County, producing baseball size hail.

Hail, Randall

When: June 23, 5:24 PM CST to 5:50 PM CST
Where: Randall County, 3.85 mi NNW of Canyon to 2.19 mi NE of Umbarger
Measured: 3 in hail
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 35.030, -101.950

A supercell thunderstorm moved across the region from just to the northwest of Canyon and dropped hail from there through locations west of Canyon. A swath of hail from just to the east of Umbarger to a few miles west of Canyon occurred. These hail sizes ranged from one inch to three inches in diameter. Baseball size hail fell at the intersection of Arnott and Gordon Cummings Road. Hail also broke several windshields of vehicles in this area.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 1339782, 1339783, 1339784, 1339792, 1339791, 1339786, 1339787, 1339788, 1339797.