Funnel Cloud, Goliad
- When
- December 23, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Goliad County, Schroeder
- Coordinates
- 28.657, -97.426 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sheriff report of a funnel cloud.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 23, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Goliad
- When
- December 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Goliad County, Goliad
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -97.380
NWS Spotter report of structural damage to a chimney due to strong thunderstorm wind gust.
Hail, Goliad
- When
- December 23, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Goliad County, Goliad
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -97.380
NWS Spotter report of golfball sized hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Victoria
- When
- December 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria County, 5 mi N of Victoria
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 28.870, -96.980
Sheriff report of an 18-wheeler truck overturned on U.S. Highway 77 by strong thunderstorm wind gust.
Hail, Goliad
- When
- December 23, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Goliad County, 5 mi E of Goliad
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -97.300
NWS Spotter of dime sized hail.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 23 to 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, December 23 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 23, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 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: 5621543, 5621544, 5621545, 5621546, 5621547.