Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- June 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -101.400
Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 18, 1962
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Waller
- When
- June 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Waller County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.070, -95.930
Hail, Hall
- When
- June 18, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -100.580
Hail, Childress
- When
- June 18, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Childress
- When
- June 18, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County
- Measured
- 84 kt (97 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -100.280
Hail, Hardeman
- When
- June 18, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardeman
- When
- June 18, 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -99.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- June 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -98.500
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 18, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Connecticut, June 18, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 18, 1962
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 18, 1962
- Hail in Michigan, June 18, 1962
- Hail in North Dakota, June 18, 1962
- Hail in Kansas, June 18, 1962
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: 10125318, 10125319, 10125320, 10125321, 10125322, 10125323, 10125324, 10125325, 10125326.