Hail, Yoakum
- When
- April 22, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County, 1 mi E of Plains
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -102.820
Hail in Texas, April 22, 1997
An isolated severe thunderstorm (low precipitation supercell) formed in a cool environment (about 40 degrees) over eastern New Mexico and raced southeastward. Up to golfball-size hail was reported near Plains and east of Denver City.
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
- 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 LUB wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm (low precipitation supercell) formed in a cool environment (about 40 degrees) over eastern New Mexico and raced southeastward. Up to golfball-size hail was reported near Plains and east of Denver City.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yoakum
- When
- April 22, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County, 12 mi ENE of Denver City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -102.670
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
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- Tornado in South Carolina, April 22, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, April 22, 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: 5598358, 5598359.