Hail, Howard
- When
- April 16, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, 5 mi N of Big Spring
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -101.470
Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
No parameters were overly impressive with this series of events. Dew point temperature were only in the lower 50s and wind fields were weak at all levels.
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
- 7
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.
No parameters were overly impressive with this series of events. Dew point temperature were only in the lower 50s and wind fields were weak at all levels. However, a cold front sagging into the area supplied a focus and lift for deep convection.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Howard
- When
- April 16, 5:29 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Big Spring
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.250, -101.470
Hail, Scurry
- When
- April 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, 5 mi W of Ira
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -101.080
Hail, Howard
- When
- April 16, 6:25 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Sand Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -101.330
Hail, Howard
- When
- April 16, 6:26 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Forsan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.120, -101.370
Hail, Scurry
- When
- April 16, 6:45 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, Ira
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -101.000
Hail, Scurry
- When
- April 16, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, Dunn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -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
- Flood in North Dakota, April 16 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 16 to 20, 1997
- Flash Flood in Maine, April 16 to 17, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 16, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 16, 1997
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- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 16, 1997
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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: 5601369, 5601493, 5601494, 5601495, 5601496, 5601497, 5601498.