Hail, Midland
- When
- November 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, 3 mi S of Midland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -102.080
Hail in Texas, November 23, 1996
Very late-season severe weather event. Surface dew points were in the lower 50s and CAPEs in the 1500-2000 J/kg range.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Very late-season severe weather event. Surface dew points were in the lower 50s and CAPEs in the 1500-2000 J/kg range. A short-wave trough was moving through a southwest flow aloft that helped intensify the activity.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Midland
- When
- November 23, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, 10 mi E of Midland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -101.920
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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 23, 1996
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, November 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, November 23, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, November 23, 1996
- Cold in North Dakota, November 23 to 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, November 23 to 24, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, November 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, November 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, November 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 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: 5582527, 5582528.