Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 23, 1995

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 23, 1995
Start: 1995-07-23T18:09
End: 1995-07-23T22:34
Location: Texas

July 23, 1995 · 18 events in 6 counties and zones

16 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 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: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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

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Event by event

16 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Potter

When: July 23, 6:09 PM CST
Where: Potter County, Amarillo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Potter

When: July 23, 6:13 PM CST
Where: Potter County, Amarillo
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Potter

When: July 23, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Potter County, Amarillo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Potter

When: July 23, 6:32 PM CST
Where: Potter County, Amarillo
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Potter

When: July 23, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Potter County, Amarillo
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Foard

When: July 23, 6:45 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Foard County, Crowell
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Armstrong

When: July 23, 6:59 PM CST to 7:02 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County, Washburn to Washburn to
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Armstrong

When: July 23, 7:17 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County, Washburn
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Coordinates: 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Armstrong

When: July 23, 7:37 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County, Claude
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Armstrong

When: July 23, 7:45 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County, Claude to Claude to
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Foard

When: July 23, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Foard County, Crowell
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Armstrong

When: July 23, 7:58 PM CST
Where: Armstrong County
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Knox

When: July 23, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Knox County, Truscott
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Coordinates: 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Foard

When: July 23, 8:20 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where: Foard County, Crowell
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms in Foard and Knox Counties produced hail as large as tennis balls seven miles north of Truscott in Knox County.

Hail, Collingsworth

When: July 23, 8:32 PM CST
Where: Collingsworth County, Samnorwood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.965, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hutchinson

When: July 23, 9:27 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, Pringle
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.840, -101.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Collingsworth

When: July 23, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Collingsworth County, Quail
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.965, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms did about $200K damage from large hail in northeast Amarillo and Claude. The two tornadoes in Armstrong county were very photogenic but no damage occurred with these tornadoes.

Hail, Collingsworth

When: July 23, 10:34 PM CST
Where: Collingsworth County, Wellington
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.965, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms did about $200K damage from large hail in northeast Amarillo and Claude. The two tornadoes in Armstrong county were very photogenic but no damage occurred with these tornadoes.

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

Every storm in Texas in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Texas, 1995 Warnings in Texas, July 1995

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: 10353047, 10353048, 10353049, 10353111, 10353112, 10351784, 10348280, 10348281, 10348282, 10348283, 10351785, 10348284, 10354759, 10351786, 10351986, 10350220, 10352044, 10352045.