Hail, Carson
- When
- June 8, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -101.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 8, 1968
6 hail, 3 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
- $25,000
- 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
6 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 8, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -101.680
Hail, Garza
- When
- June 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -101.400
Tornado, Lynn
- When
- June 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 42.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -101.700
Hail, Crane
- When
- June 8, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Crane County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -102.500
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 8, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -101.580
Hail, Lynn
- When
- June 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -101.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lynn
- When
- June 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -101.780
Tornado, Lynn
- When
- June 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 33.230, -101.580
Tornado, Lynn
- When
- June 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 26.7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -101.800
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 Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 8, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 8, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 8, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1968
- Hail in Wyoming, June 8, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 8, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 1968
More
Every storm in Texas in 1968Every state in 1968This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1968
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: 10134826, 10134827, 10134828, 10134829, 10134830, 10134831, 10134832, 10134833, 10134834, 10135695.