Hail, Potter
- When
- October 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.680
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 15, 1968
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 11
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
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Potter
- When
- October 15, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.680
Hail, Moore
- When
- October 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -102.000
Hail, Potter
- When
- October 15, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.680
Hail, Andrews
- When
- October 15, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -102.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- October 15, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -101.280
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- October 15, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.500, -102.000
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- October 15, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.780
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- October 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.780
Hail, Ector
- When
- October 15, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -102.400
Hail, Castro
- When
- October 15, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -102.280
What these are
- 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.
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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: 10132598, 10132599, 10132600, 10132601, 10132602, 10132603, 10132604, 10132605, 10132606, 10132607, 10132608.