Texas, 1997Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, June 16, 1997
June 16, 1997 · NWS AMA · 8 events in 6 counties and zones
5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dallam
- When
- June 16, 12:20 PM CST to 12:22 PM CST
- Where
- Dallam County, 17 mi N of Dalhart
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -102.520
Brief touchdown and tornado remained over open country. Tornado track was estimated.
Tornado, Hartley
- When
- June 16, 12:30 PM CST to 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 5 mi SE of Dalhart
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -102.450
Brief touchdown over open country and tornado track was estimated.
Hail, Hartley
- When
- June 16, 12:46 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 6 mi NW of Hartley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -102.480
Hail, Moore
- When
- June 16, 2:11 PM CST to 2:16 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas to 2 mi E of Dumas
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.930
Flash Flood, Moore
- When
- June 16, 2:29 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -101.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Report of water covering Highway 287.
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 16, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Ady
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -102.120
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 16, 2:36 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 5 mi NW of Spearman
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -101.270
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- June 16, 3:15 PM CST to 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997$4.1 million · F1 · 24 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 16 to 17, 19971 injured · $10 million · 4 events
- Tornado in Florida, June 16, 19971 injured · $1.0 million · F1 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1997$114,000 · 4 in hail · 74 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 16 to 17, 1997$71,000 · F0 · 76 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997$221,000 · F1 · 21 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 1997$500,000 · 2.75 in hail · 9 events
- Tornado in Alabama, June 16, 19971 injured · $105,000 · F1 · 1 event
- High Wind in New Mexico, June 16, 1997$300,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997$127,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997$80,000 · F0 · 16 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1997$35,000 · F1 · 6 events