Hail, Dallam
- When
- July 5, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County, Dalhart
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -102.520
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 5, 1997
Severe thunderstorms raked across the northern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing hail and damaging high winds.
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
- $10,000
- 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 raked across the northern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours producing hail and damaging high winds.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Potter
- When
- July 5, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Potter forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.401, -101.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Home sustained damage by high winds in North Amarillo.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ochiltree
- When
- July 5, 7:30 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
Ochiltree County Sheriff's Office reported power line blown down and tree uprooted.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ochiltree
- When
- July 5, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 15 mi SE of Perryton
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -100.620
Winds estimated by campers at Lake Fryer.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Washington, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 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: 5615366, 5615369, 5615367, 5615368.