Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1994
Start: 1994-07-07T15:00
End: 1994-07-07T23:49
Location: Texas

July 7, 1994 · 17 events in 10 counties and zones

11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 17 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 17

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

11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Haskell

When: July 7, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Haskell County, Rule
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.178, -99.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Knox

When: July 7, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Knox County, Munday
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An isolated severe thunderstorm in the western part of north Texas during the afternoon hours on the 7th produced hail up to dime-size.

Hail, Jones

When: July 7, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Jones County, Anson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.740, -99.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Taylor

When: July 7, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Taylor County, Trent
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 32.301, -99.890 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Wichita

When: July 7, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Wichita County, E Burkburnett
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clay

When: July 7, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Byers
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms in the western part of north Texas during the evening hours of the 7th produced hail up to nickel-size and damaging winds. Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and broke off tree limbs in Byers and damaged a mobile home just east of Byers.

Hail, Clay

When: July 7, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Henrietta
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: July 7, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Byers
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: July 7, 10:07 PM CST
Where: Clay County, E Byers
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: July 7, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Henrietta
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Crane

When: July 7, 10:24 PM CST
Where: Crane County, Maf
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 31.429, -102.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Ector

When: July 7, 10:24 PM CST
Where: Ector County, Maf
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 31.869, -102.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The public reported 60 MPH winds on Highway 385 at the Ector/Crane County line.

Hail, Clay

When: July 7, 11:05 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Henrietta
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clay

When: July 7, 11:06 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Henrietta
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Callahan

When: July 7, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Callahan County, Oplin
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.298, -99.373 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstom winds blew down power line poles.

Hail, Ward

When: July 7, 11:32 PM CST
Where: Ward County, Monahans
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 31.510, -103.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Sheriff's Office in Ward County reported that a southwest-moving storm dropped nickel-size hail near Monahans.

Hail, Ward

When: July 7, 11:49 PM CST
Where: Ward County, Monahans
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 31.510, -103.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Sheriff's Office in Ward County reported that a southwest-moving storm dropped nickel-size hail near Monahans.

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, July 1994

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: 10351080, 10354595, 10350496, 10352922, 10355347, 10347902, 10347903, 10347904, 10347905, 10347906, 10352009, 10352482, 10347907, 10347908, 10348333, 10356049, 10356050.