Hail, Brown
- When
- June 10, 1:43 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, May
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.980, -98.930
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 10, 1997
3 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- 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.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:35 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- June 10, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Blanket
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -98.780
Hail, Brown
- When
- June 10, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 6 mi SE of Blanket
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -98.720
Flash Flood, Brown
- When
- June 10, 4:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Brownwood
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 31.774, -99.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains caused some flooding of country roads. One carry-all was washed of the road and submerged in the floodwaters. The passengers escaped uninjured.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Utah, June 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Funnel Clouds in Texas, June 10, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 10, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Flood in Colorado, June 10, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Wyoming, June 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5601980, 5601981, 5601982, 5601983.