Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -101.370
Hail in Texas, June 18, 1996
Thunderstorms across the central Texas panhandle produced hail and a brief tornado touchdown as reported by spotters and emergency coordinators.
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 central Texas panhandle produced hail and a brief tornado touchdown as reported by spotters and emergency coordinators.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 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
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 18, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 18 to 30, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 18 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, June 18 to 19, 1996
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, June 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 1996
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: 5580679.