Tornado, Parmer
- When
- May 24, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Parmer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 70.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -102.880
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 24, 1957
12 tornado, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- $810,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
12 tornado, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Bailey
- When
- May 24, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bailey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -102.770
Tornado, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 24, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -102.400
Hail, Cochran
- When
- May 24, 12:14 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -102.900
Tornado, Lamb
- When
- May 24, 12:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -102.850
Tornado, Lynn
- When
- May 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -101.780
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -102.080
Tornado, Hale
- When
- May 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Path length
- 10.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -102.000
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 24, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -102.180
Tornado, Potter
- When
- May 24, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -101.830
Tornado, Hale
- When
- May 24, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -101.880
Tornado, Lubbock
- When
- May 24, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 29.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -101.670
Tornado, Martin
- When
- May 24, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -101.870
Hail, Martin
- When
- May 24, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -101.900
Tornado, Martin
- When
- May 24, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Martin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -102.130
Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 24, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -100.500
Tornado, Baylor
- When
- May 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -99.400
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 24, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 24, 1957
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 24, 1957
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 24, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 24, 1957
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 24, 1957
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10120022, 10120023, 10120024, 10120025, 10120026, 10120027, 10120028, 10120029, 10120030, 10120031, 10120032, 10120033, 10120034, 10120035, 10120036, 10120037, 10120038.