Texas, 1996

Hail in Texas, May 30, 1996

May 30, 1996 · NWS LUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

There were several occurrances of severe weather on the South Plains on the 30th. The Morton VFD reported up to golfball-size hail west of Morton while the Lamb County Sheriff's Office reported quarter-size hail in Sudan.

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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.

There were several occurrances of severe weather on the South Plains on the 30th. The Morton VFD reported up to golfball-size hail west of Morton while the Lamb County Sheriff's Office reported quarter-size hail in Sudan. The public reported one-inch diameter hail southeast of Littlefield in the morning. Later that afternoon, the public reported hail in Wolfforth and Lubbock.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lubbock

When
May 30, 4:45 PM CST to 4:50 PM CST
Where
Lubbock County, Lubbock
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
33.580, -101.850

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5571446.