Hail in Potter County, Texas
Hail March 4, 2026 · Potter County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Hail of mostly nickel to quarter size fell across the western and northwestern side of Amarillo. However, hail of two inches in diameter fell near I-40 and Coulter Street. In addition, hail of golfball size fell to the west-northwest of Amarillo.
The wider storm
On the night of the 3rd and 4th of March, an upper level system moved in to the combined Panhandles sparking a line of thunderstorms running southwest to northeast across the central Texas Panhandle. The southern most storm developed into a severe storm that dropped hail up to 2 in diameter across Potter and Randall County. On the evening of the 5th of March increase moisture advection in the southeastern Panhandles provided instability for severe thunderstorms. This time in the southeastern Panhandles. One of these storms dropped hail up to 1.7 in Collingsworth County.
Began near Amarillo (35.1844, -101.9206).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1318177. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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