Hail, Texas
- When
- June 24, 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 9 mi S of Guymon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -101.480
Hail in Oklahoma, June 24, 1997
Thunderstorms across the Oklahoma Panhandle produced large hail. Pea size hail from 7 miles northwest of Keyes at 18:00 CST was reported one foot deep and damaged wheat and corn crops.
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
- 3
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 AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms across the Oklahoma Panhandle produced large hail. Pea size hail from 7 miles northwest of Keyes at 18:00 CST was reported one foot deep and damaged wheat and corn crops. Damage was estimated at $100 K.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Texas
- When
- June 24, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Texas County, 12 mi ESE of Hardesty
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.550, -101.000
Hail, Beaver
- When
- June 24, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Beaver County, Turpin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.870, -100.880
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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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 26, 1997
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Nebraska, June 24 to 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 24, 1997
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: 5610608, 5610609, 5610610.