Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 11, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Wheeler
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
Reported at intersection of Highways 1046 and 48.
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 11, 1997
6 hail, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 13
- Property damage
- $1.7 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- June 11, 5:20 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Kellerville to 5 mi NE of Kellerville
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -100.500
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- June 11, 5:46 PM CST to 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Kellerville to 4 mi W of Lela
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $1.7 million
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -100.450
Tornado occurred near Pakan community on CR 453. Twelve homes damaged or destroyed along with 13 vehicles on Interstate 40. Two inch diameter hail fell along most of the tornado path. Tornado track was determined by official storm survey.
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 11, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 3 mi NW of Shamrock
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -100.280
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 11, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 8 mi W of Shamrock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.400
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- June 11, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 9 mi W of Dozier
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -100.520
Tornado, Collingsworth
- When
- June 11, 6:49 PM CST to 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 9 mi W of Dozier
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -100.520
Tornado track was estimated and the tornado remained over open country.
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- June 11, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, Samnorwood
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -100.280
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- June 11, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 2 mi W of Samnorwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -100.320
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, June 11 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 11 to 22, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 11, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 11 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Washington, June 11 to 30, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 11, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, June 11, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 11, 1997
- Hail in Nevada, June 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: 5611299, 5611300, 5611301, 5611302, 5611303, 5611304, 5611307, 5611305, 5611306.