Hail in Potter County, Texas
Hail May 25, 1999 · Potter County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Large hail damaged a total of eight hundred and fifty automobiles at Gene Messer Ford in southwest Amarillo and Westgate Chevrolet on the west side of Amarillo causing a total of two and a half million dollars. The rest of the damage was to other people's cars, roof damage, windows of homes and sky lights.
The wider storm
A cold front moving slowly south across the southern Texas panhandle and a vigorous low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over the southwestern states helped to trigger a damaging hail outbreak across mainly the southern half of the Texas panhandle. The severe thunderstorms also produced high winds, flooding rainfall, and a few tornadoes along with the damaging large hail.
Began near Amarillo (35.2000, -101.9000).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5698483. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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