Hail, Motley
- When
- June 3, 7:10 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Motley County, 6 mi E of Roaring Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -100.750
Hail in Texas, June 3, 1996
The public reported dime-size hail in Happy on the moring of the 3rd. Later that evening, golfball-size hail fell east of Afton in Dickens County and golfball-size hail covered the ground 6 miles east of Roaring Springs in Motley County.
Where it happened
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- 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 LUB wrote it up.
The public reported dime-size hail in Happy on the moring of the 3rd. Later that evening, golfball-size hail fell east of Afton in Dickens County and golfball-size hail covered the ground 6 miles east of Roaring Springs in Motley County. No damages were reported.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 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: 5579610.