Hail, Gray
- When
- July 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -100.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1961
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carson
- When
- July 14, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -101.400
Hail, Carson
- When
- July 14, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -101.400
Tornado, Hall
- When
- July 14, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -100.580
Tornado, Donley
- When
- July 14, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -100.670
Hail, Hall
- When
- July 14, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -100.500
Hail, Donley
- When
- July 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -100.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Potter
- When
- July 14, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.680
Hail, Hale
- When
- July 14, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -101.780
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado in Florida, July 14, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 14, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 14, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 14, 1961
- Hail in Iowa, July 14, 1961
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 14, 1961
- Hail in Louisiana, July 14, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 14, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 14, 1961
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: 10120302, 10120303, 10120304, 10120305, 10120306, 10120307, 10120308, 10120309, 10120310.