Hail, Childress
- When
- May 22, 4:52 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Childress County, 1 mi E of Childress
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -100.180
Hail in Texas, May 22, 1996
A severe hailstorm struck the Childress area during the late afternoon on the 22nd. Up to tennis ball-size hail fell in the city, damaging hundreds of roofs and vehicles, and knocking out glass windows in homes.
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 LUB wrote it up.
A severe hailstorm struck the Childress area during the late afternoon on the 22nd. Up to tennis ball-size hail fell in the city, damaging hundreds of roofs and vehicles, and knocking out glass windows in homes.
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
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- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 22, 1996
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- Tornado in Colorado, May 22, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 22, 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: 5571434.