Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 16, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Goodnight
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -101.200
Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997
Severe thunderstorms which began over the northwest Texas Panhandle moved southeast into the central and eastern sections of the Texas Panhandle. These storms produced brief tornadoes when they began in the northwest sections and then mainly large and damaging hail along with high winds and flash flooding across the central and eastern sections.
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
- 3
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 which began over the northwest Texas Panhandle moved southeast into the central and eastern sections of the Texas Panhandle. These storms produced brief tornadoes when they began in the northwest sections and then mainly large and damaging hail along with high winds and flash flooding across the central and eastern sections.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- June 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 7 mi E of Mendota
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -100.380
Report of hail covering Highway 33.
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 16, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, 5 mi E of Goodnight
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -101.120
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 16 to 17, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, June 16, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 16 to 17, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, June 16, 1997
- High Wind in New Mexico, June 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 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: 5610605, 5610606, 5610607.