Hail, Culberson
- When
- April 9, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Culberson County, Pine Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -104.800
Hail in Texas, April 9, 1997
Thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary near the western side of the southwest Texas Mountains. A severe thunderstorm was reported by Guadalupe Mountains National Park personnel at the Park in northwestern Culberson County.
Where it happened
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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 MAF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a frontal boundary near the western side of the southwest Texas Mountains. A severe thunderstorm was reported by Guadalupe Mountains National Park personnel at the Park in northwestern Culberson County. During the evening the frontal boundary began to move northward. A severe thunderstorm developed in Andrews County along this boundary and dropped quarter size hail north of Andrews.
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Andrews
- When
- April 9, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, 2 mi S of Florey
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -102.580
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
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 9 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, April 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in New Jersey, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Kansas, April 9 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 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: 5601344, 5601345.