Randall County, Texas
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1956 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
86
Tornado reports
902
Hail reports
122
Floods since 1996
1,750
All events
11
Deaths
$329.6M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Randall County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 85 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
The canyon floor reached a high temperature of 108 degrees at 4:18 PM.
A 69 mph thunderstorm winds gusts estimated via radar caused a tractor trailer rollover accident at the intersection of McAfee Road and Washington Street in Amarillo (Randall County). The tractor trailer was traveling south along Washington Street as a line of thunderstorms moved…
Thirty-eight hundreds of an inch of ice from freezing rain and freezing drizzle was measured seven miles west southwest of Amarillo on tree limbs.
A swath of hail ranging from penny to ping pong ball size hail fell across southern Potter and northern Randall County as a severe storm tracked along the county line from western Amarillo into central portions of Amarillo in slightly over a 20 minute period of time. At that poin…
A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. The supercell entered the city limits of Amarillo during the late night hours of the 28th. This supercell thunderstor…
A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. The supercell entered the city limits of Amarillo during the late night hours of the 28th. This supercell thunderstor…
A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. The supercell entered the city limits of Amarillo during the late night hours of the 28th. As this supercell thunders…
A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. This supercell produced baseball size hail as it moved across the southern portion of Bushland (Randall County). The …
Thunderstorms formed along a dryline stretching east-northeastward across Randall and Potter Counties during the afternoon hours of the 28th. These thunderstorms would take a northeast track which allowed them to move over the dryline. This caused the thunderstorms to produce iso…
Thunderstorms formed along a dryline stretching east-northeastward across Randall and Potter Counties during the afternoon hours of the 28th. These thunderstorms would take a northeast track which allowed them to move over the dryline. This caused the thunderstorms to produce iso…
Reported at 34th and Georgia Street. The large hail damaged roofs to many homes.
Reported in the Sleepy Hollow area of south Amarillo. Many roofs and skylights to homes damaged by the hail.
Reported at Hillside Road and Bell Street. Many homes had damage to roofs and skylights from the hail.
Reported in the Greyhawk subdivision south of Soncy Road and the southern part of Loop 335/Hollywood Road. Many homes and cars damaged by the hail including roofs...windows and skylights.
Many homes and cars damaged by the hail including roofs...windows and skylights.
Reported at Farm to Market Road 2186 about one mile west of Soncy Road. Several homes had damage to roofs and skylights from the hail.
Reported at Rockwell Road and Interstate 27. Several homes and businesses had damage to roofs and windows.
Reported at Hunsley Road and Interstate 27. Many homes had damage to roofs and skylights from the hail.
Damage estimate of ten million dollars includes damage estimated for all of Potter and Randall counties.
Three car dealerships just north of Canyon sustained heavy damage to around two hundred to three hundred vehicles and to their buildings with an estimated cost of one and a half million to two million dollars per dealership. The rest of the damage was to windows, skylights and ro…
Large hail damaged siding and broke windows in homes and also caused roof damage in south and southwest Amarillo.
Numerous cars damaged at car dealerships at 34th Street and Georgia Street.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Ceta Canyon mesonet site at 1853 CDT. The peak wind gust of 64mph was measured at 1908 CDT.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
An Xcel mesonet site located 11 miles southeast of Canyon recorded a 60 mph wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
An estimated 80 MPH wind gust was observed by a trained spotter who was located three miles south of Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wind gusts of 59mph to 74mph occurred from 1207am CDT to 1219am CDT.
Hail Hail
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 t…
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
One inch hail occurred one mile north of Happy, TX off of Interstate 27. Small accumulating hail also occurred at this location.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A house lost a roof at this location.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A ground station measured a 58 mph gust at this location. The anemometer height was reported to be 25 feet above ground level.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A lot of small tree limbs, with a few 3 inch diameter branches, were blown down in the neighborhood after storms went through.
Hail Hail
Hail started around 2000CDT and would continue for about 15 minutes. Accumulating hail occurred as well. Hail started small but would eventually peak at the size of quarters.
Hail Hail
Ping pong ball sized hail fell on the west side of Amarillo.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Flood Flood
Seven inches of standing water occurred in the roadway with at least one car stalled in the water.
Hail Hail
Hail fell that was mostly pea-sized but there were some nickel and quarter size hailstones that mixed in.
Hail Hail
A supercell thunderstorm produced hail from quarter to golfball size to the north and northwest of Canyon.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 34 | 2 |
| 2024 | 23 | 0 |
| 2023 | 28 | 0 |
| 2022 | 31 | 0 |
| 2021 | 49 | 6 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1 |
| 2019 | 76 | 3 |
| 2018 | 27 | 0 |
| 2017 | 46 | 0 |
| 2016 | 22 | 0 |
| 2015 | 68 | 0 |
| 2014 | 95 | 0 |
| 2013 | 109 | 0 |
| 2012 | 97 | 0 |
| 2011 | 19 | 0 |
| 2010 | 40 | 1 |
| 2009 | 87 | 2 |
| 2008 | 58 | 0 |
| 2007 | 72 | 2 |
| 2006 | 31 | 0 |
| 2005 | 63 | 2 |
| 2004 | 80 | 6 |
| 2003 | 25 | 0 |
| 2002 | 63 | 2 |
| 2001 | 35 | 1 |
| 2000 | 29 | 1 |
| 1999 | 53 | 3 |
| 1998 | 17 | 2 |
| 1997 | 31 | 3 |
| 1996 | 45 | 2 |
| 1995 | 30 | 1 |
| 1994 | 37 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 2 |
| 1991 | 24 | 4 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 25 | 5 |
| 1988 | 4 | 1 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5 |
| 1986 | 6 | 1 |
| 1984 | 2 | 1 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 2 |
| 1980 | 3 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 1 |
| 1976 | 2 | 1 |
| 1974 | 2 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 | 2 |
| 1970 | 3 | 2 |
| 1969 | 4 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 | 0 |
| 1967 | 5 | 3 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| 1963 | 2 | 0 |
| 1962 | 8 | 4 |
| 1960 | 3 | 3 |
| 1959 | 2 | 0 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1 |
| 1957 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | 2 | 1 |
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