Tornado, Reeves
- When
- May 17, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Reeves County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -103.350
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1962
2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
2 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Reeves
- When
- May 17, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Reeves County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 31.430, -103.480
Hail, Reeves
- When
- May 17, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reeves County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -103.500
Hail, Ward
- When
- May 17, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ward County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -103.080
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -102.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hartley
- When
- May 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -102.580
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.
- 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 New Mexico, May 17, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 17, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 17, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1962
- Hail in Louisiana, May 17, 1962
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, May 17, 1962
- Tornado in Montana, May 17, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 17, 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: 10119252, 10119253, 10119254, 10119255, 10119256, 10119257.