Hail, Chambers
- When
- May 3, 1:57 AM CST
- Where
- Chambers County, Mont Belvieu
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.708, -94.671 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Texas, May 3, 1994
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:55 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 3, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, Glenrio
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 3, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, Hartley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.840, -102.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 3, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Deaf Smith
- When
- May 3, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Deaf Smith County, Glenrio
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.966, -102.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced hail from dime- to quarter-size.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 3, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 3, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 3, 1994
- Hail in South Dakota, May 3, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 3, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 1994
- Hail in New Mexico, May 3, 1994
- Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1994
- Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1994
- Hail in Colorado, May 3, 1994
More
Every storm in Texas in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 10347689, 10351383, 10350973, 10353982, 10351384.