Clay County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Clay County, Texas has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 4 tornado reports among 46 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 26 hail reports with hail up to 2.5" and 16 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Clay County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 534 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles east of Addington to 3 miles northeast of Ryan. Movement was southwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Waurika, Ryan, Terral, Sugden, and Oscar.”
“At 648 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Petrolia, moving southwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Wichita Falls, Dean, Sheppard AFB, Cashion, and Charlie.”
- Wind 55 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 403 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles east of Addington to 6 miles southwest of Sugden to 5 miles southwest of Terral. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 240 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hastings, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Waurika, Hastings, and southeastern Waurika Lake.”
“At 158 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Bellevue, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Henrietta and Bellevue.”
- Hail 0.88" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 NNE Byers SPC verified report
Monday, June 22, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 303 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking the leading edge of winds from strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 10 miles south of Quanah to 4 miles east of Harrold to 6 miles west of Temple. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 355 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles southwest of Petrolia to near Dickson. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 639 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles west of Foster to near Byers. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1214 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lake Arrowhead, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Scotland, Windthorst, Lake Arrowhead, and Bluegrove.”
- Hail 0.5" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 11, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1122 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Wichita Falls, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1144 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southeast of Wichita Falls, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Southeastern Wichita Falls, Lake Arrowhead, and Lakeside City.”
- Hail 0.75" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 7, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 528 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Petrolia to near Bellevue to 5 miles west of Newport. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 625 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles north of Lake Diversion to 11 miles southwest of Windthorst. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 701 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southwest of Waurika, moving northwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Waurika, Temple, Byers, Hastings, Sugden, Waurika Lake, Corum, and Taylor.”
“At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles south of Terral, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Ryan, Terral, and Sugden.”
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 23, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 114 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Comanche to 5 miles east of Addington to 5 miles west of Oscar. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
“At 1242 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Elgin to 10 miles west of Duncan to 6 miles southwest of Hastings. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
- Hail 0.88" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1133 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jolly, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Eastern Wichita Falls, Dean, Jolly, and Sheppard AFB.”
- Hail 0.75" Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 16, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 601 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles south of Alfalfa to near Apache to 10 miles south of Sterling to 5 miles south of Hastings. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up of 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 513 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds along a line extending from 3 miles north of Cloud Chief to 6 miles east of Geronimo to 5 miles east of Dean. Movement was east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Clay County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 2.5", 1 tornado report
“Along highway 172 east of Scotland in Clay county. (OUN)”
“Also reported large tree limb downed. (OUN)”
- Tornado Tornado Vashti SPC verified report
- Hail 2.5" 3 W Bluegrove SPC verified report
- Hail 1.5" 2 SSW Lake Arrowhead SPC verified report
Saturday, April 25, 2026
5 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 2.25", 2 tornado reports
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). (OUN)”
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OUN)”
- Tornado Tornado 5 NE Windthorst SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 4 NE Windthorst SPC verified report
- Hail 2.25" 5 N Dean SPC verified report
- Hail 1.75" 6 NW Lake Arrowhead SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 1 NE Byers SPC verified report
Friday, April 24, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
- Tornado Tornado 2 NNE Shannon SPC verified report
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1"
“Additional reports of Quarter sized hail and 3 inch tree limbs down at 1954 and Pocahontas. (OUN)”
- Hail 1" 6 SW Jolly SPC verified report
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
2 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1.25"
- Hail 1.25" 3 NE Lake Arrowhead SPC verified report
- Hail 1" 5 ESE Jolly SPC verified report
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1.75"
- Hail 1.75" 4 WSW Charlie SPC verified report
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Clay County, TX?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 46 severe weather events in Clay County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Clay County recently?
Yes — 26 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 2.5" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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