Hail, Armstrong
- When
- April 10, 4:31 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 3 mi E of Claude
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -101.320
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1997
Thunderstorms across the southern sections of the Texas Panhandle produced large hail along with some flooding.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 5
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 southern sections of the Texas Panhandle produced large hail along with some flooding.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:30 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carson
- When
- April 10, 4:54 PM CST to 4:59 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Groom
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.100
Hail, Randall
- When
- April 10, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Canyon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -101.920
Flash Flood, Armstrong
- When
- April 10, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Wayside
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
River gage observer reported a house in Wayside had water around it.
Flash Flood, Armstrong
- When
- April 10, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 13 mi NE of Wayside
- Coordinates
- 34.965, -101.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
River flood at WAYT2 crest was 10.19 feet according to DCP data.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in Kansas, April 10, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, April 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, April 10 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 1997
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: 5605423, 5605424, 5605425, 5605426, 5605427.