Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 27, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -101.080
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1962
6 tornado, 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hansford
- When
- May 27, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.180
Tornado, Lipscomb
- When
- May 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -100.530
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- May 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -101.080
Tornado, Lipscomb
- When
- May 27, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -100.530
Tornado, Ochiltree
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -100.880
Tornado, Ochiltree
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -100.880
Tornado, Ochiltree
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -100.880
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1962
- Hail in Tennessee, May 27, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 27, 1962
- Hail in Florida, May 27, 1962
- Hail in Missouri, May 27, 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: 10119284, 10119285, 10119286, 10119287, 10119288, 10119289, 10119290, 10121561.