Hail, Potter
- When
- May 20, 4:28 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 in Texas, May 20, 1995
8 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 20, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 20, 7:24 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 20, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 20, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Lefors
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 20, 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, Ochiltree
- When
- May 20, 8:02 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -100.816 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 20, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Shamrock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms produced dime- to golf ball-size hail. In Dumas the large hail damaged several automobiles and fell to a depth of two inches in places.
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
More
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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: 10352595, 10353994, 10350645, 10353995, 10350646, 10353996, 10354266, 10355278.