Hail, Throckmorton
- When
- April 21, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County, 6 mi W of Throckmorton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -99.280
Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996
Severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon along a dry line. Widespread large hail up to baseball size was produced by these storms over several counties in the northwestern portion of North Texas.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon along a dry line. Widespread large hail up to baseball size was produced by these storms over several counties in the northwestern portion of North Texas. As the evening progressed, the main focus for development shifted to just south of the Red River. The development of the low level jet increased the low level shear and inflow into the storms, thus increasing their tornadic potential. Several large high precipitation supercell thunderstorms repeatedly moved across Montague, Cooke and Grayson Counties for several hours producing widespread hail to softball size, damaging downbursts, heavy rain and at least 10 weak tornadoes.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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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: 5546777.