Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- July 14, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 7 mi W of Perryton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.930
Hail in Texas, July 14, 1997
Severe thunderstorms over the north central and central Texas Panhandle produced hail and damaging high winds during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms over the north central and central Texas Panhandle produced hail and damaging high winds during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- July 14, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 21 mi SSE of Perryton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -100.650
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- July 14, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, 5 mi NE of Borger
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -101.320
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- July 14, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, 6 mi SE of Borger
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -101.300
Hail, Carson
- When
- July 14, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 3 mi NW of Skellytown
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -101.220
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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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: 5615375, 5615376, 5615378, 5615379, 5615380.