Hail, Upton
- When
- May 13, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, Mc Camey
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -102.230
Hail in Texas, May 13, 1996
Downburst winds from a collapsing thunderstorm in northern Pecos County blew the roof off a car wash that landed on two mobile homes and two vehicles, causing extensive damage to one of the homes.
Where it happened
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- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 MAF wrote it up.
Downburst winds from a collapsing thunderstorm in northern Pecos County blew the roof off a car wash that landed on two mobile homes and two vehicles, causing extensive damage to one of the homes.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 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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- Flood in New Hampshire, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
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: 5576674.