Hail, Gray
- When
- June 26, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 1 mi W of Pampa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.980
Hail in Texas, June 26, 1997
A severe thunderstorm produced large hail over the central Texas Panhandle.
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
- 1
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.
A severe thunderstorm produced large hail over the central Texas Panhandle.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Dense Fog in Colorado, June 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 26, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in New York, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1997
- Hail in Florida, June 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 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: 5610614.