Thunderstorm Wind, Carson
- When
- July 11, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Groom
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.100
Carson County Sheriff's Office reported tree and roof damage.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 11, 1997
Severe thunderstorms over the central and eastern Texas Panhandle produced hail and damaging winds.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Severe thunderstorms over the central and eastern Texas Panhandle produced hail and damaging winds.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Carson
- When
- July 11, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Groom
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Carson
- When
- July 11, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Groom
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- July 11, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 2 mi S of Kings Mill
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -101.070
What these are
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 11, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, July 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 11 to 15, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Hail in Florida, July 11, 1997
- Flood in Missouri, July 11, 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: 5615371, 5615372, 5615373, 5615374.