Hail — Ochiltree, Texas

2024-03-24 · near Perryton, Ochiltree, Texas

Wider weather episode

Lingering surface moisture collected along a dryline which eventually lead to the formation of some general thunderstorms in a North/South line from Panhandle to Borger to Guymon. This eventually reached an environment of better shear and instability in the eastern 2 stacks of counties in the TX panhandle plus Beaver County in OK leading to intensification of the storms. A few of these storms became strong with up to 1/2 hail. Storms strengthened further and became severe producing 1 hail and winds up to 70 mph. Reports were heard that tornados were occurring thus tornado warning were issued for Perryton area, Shamrock/Wheeler area, and E of Lutie. Once the dryline passed the surface relative humidity dropped quickly with gusty winds spreading east across the rest of the Panhandles. This kept critical fire conditions in place across the rest of the Panhandles with severe storms exiting to the east. The strong winds associated with this system did pull in a significant amount of dust and pushed into the southern TX Panhandle.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1166010. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.