Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- June 11, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Farnsworth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -100.970
Hail in Texas, June 11, 1996
Thunderstorms across the western, northern and central sections of the Texas panhandle produced strong winds and hail as reported by storm spotters and sheriff's offices.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms across the western, northern and central sections of the Texas panhandle produced strong winds and hail as reported by storm spotters and sheriff's offices.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:53 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.
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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: 5580493.