Hail, Hartley
- When
- June 12, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, Hartley
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -102.400
Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1997
7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 Amarillo radar (KAMA), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Moore
- When
- June 12, 5:59 PM CST to 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.970
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- June 12, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Sanford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -101.480
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 12, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Wheeler
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
Tornado, Wheeler
- When
- June 12, 7:13 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 2 mi N of Twitty
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -100.230
Tornado was anticyclonic and remained over open country. Tornado track was estimated.
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 12, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Wheeler
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 12, 7:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 1 mi E of Wheeler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.250
Hail, Roberts
- When
- June 12, 8:02 PM CST to 8:04 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County, Miami to 2 mi SW of Miami
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -100.600
Report of 1 inch diameter hail covering the road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler
- When
- June 12, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 1 mi N of New Mobeetie
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -100.430
Report of trees uprooted.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 12 to 13, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 12, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 12, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 12, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 12 to 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1997Warnings 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: 5611319, 5611320, 5611321, 5611322, 5611323, 5609498, 5609499, 5609500, 5609501.