Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 4, 7:36 AM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -102.500
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 4, 1959
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Borden
- When
- May 4, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Borden County
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -101.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- May 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -100.500
Hail, Childress
- When
- May 4, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- May 4, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Motley
- When
- May 4, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Motley County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -100.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- May 4, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -100.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Crane
- When
- May 4, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -102.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Garza
- When
- May 4, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -101.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Crosby
- When
- May 4, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.500
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 4, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 4, 1959
- Tornado in Missouri, May 4, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 4, 1959
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 4, 1959
More
Every storm in Texas in 1959Every state in 1959This day in weather history
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: 10118759, 10118760, 10118761, 10118762, 10118763, 10118764, 10118765, 10118766, 10118767, 10118768.