Hail, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, Progress
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -102.820
Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997
On July 5, a squall line developed from the Texas Panhandle to eastern New Mexico and moved southeast into the South Plains and the western portions of the Rolling Plains. In advance of this line of thunderstorms, a supercell thunderstorm developed over Bailey County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $900,000
- Events
- 7
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 LUB wrote it up.
On July 5, a squall line developed from the Texas Panhandle to eastern New Mexico and moved southeast into the South Plains and the western portions of the Rolling Plains. In advance of this line of thunderstorms, a supercell thunderstorm developed over Bailey County. The Bailey County Sheriff's Office reported quarter- to golfball-sized hail from this severe thunderstorm in various locations in the northern part of Bailey County. West of the city of Muleshoe, large hail damaged in excess of 4000 acres of corn and cotton. A brief, weak tornado was also reported by the Bailey County Sheriff's Office ten miles southwest of Muleshoe over rural areas. Two cars were reportedly washed off FM road 1760 in Bailey County at 1855 CST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 6:01 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, 9 mi W of Progress
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -102.970
Hail, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, 11 mi W of Muleshoe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -102.930
Tornado, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, 10 mi SW of Muleshoe
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -102.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, 5 mi NW of Needmore
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -102.800
Flash Flood, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 6:45 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, 11 mi W of Muleshoe
- Coordinates
- 34.069, -102.830 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Bailey
- When
- July 5, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey County, 2 mi W of Baileyboro
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -102.850
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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
- 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
- Hail in Texas, 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: 5607465, 5607462, 5607467, 5607464, 5607468, 5607466, 5607463.