Hail, Crosby
- When
- October 7, 6:10 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby County, 5 mi E of Crosbyton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.170
Hail in Texas, October 7, 1996
Severe storms pounded extreme southeast Briscoe, southwest Hall, and northwest Motley Counties on the afternoon and early evening of the 7th. Up to golfball-size hail was reported by the public and county sheriff's offices from Quitaque and Turkey south to Flomot.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Severe storms pounded extreme southeast Briscoe, southwest Hall, and northwest Motley Counties on the afternoon and early evening of the 7th. Up to golfball-size hail was reported by the public and county sheriff's offices from Quitaque and Turkey south to Flomot. It almost completely stripped crops (mainly cotton) across that area.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 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
- Tornado in Florida, October 7, 1996
- Tropical Storm in Florida, October 7 to 8, 1996
- Wildfire in California, October 7 to 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Florida, October 7 to 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Georgia, October 7 to 8, 1996
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, October 7 to 8, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, October 7, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, October 7, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, October 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Florida, October 7 to 8, 1996
- Hail in Texas, October 7, 1996
- Hail in Texas, October 7, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5580723.