Hail, Hardeman
- When
- May 22, 6:02 PM CST to 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, 6 mi N of Quanah
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -99.730
Hail in Texas, May 22, 1996
On FM 1166, power lines were snapped, trees were knocked over, and roofs were damaged by strong winds and golf ball sized hail.
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
- $500
- 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 OUN wrote it up.
On FM 1166, power lines were snapped, trees were knocked over, and roofs were damaged by strong winds and golf ball sized hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5565617.