Hail, Upton
- When
- June 28, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 1 mi SE of Midkiff
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Crop damage
- $900,000
- Coordinates
- 31.620, -101.830
Two-inch diameter hail destroyed about 3000 acres of cotton southeast of Midkiff.
Hail in Texas, June 28, 1997
A day of low shear but high instability and a moderate cap produced one severe thunderstorm in the region. The Initial cell developed in northern Upton County along a left-over outflow boundary from the previous night.
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $900,000
- Events
- 2
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 MAF wrote it up.
A day of low shear but high instability and a moderate cap produced one severe thunderstorm in the region. The Initial cell developed in northern Upton County along a left-over outflow boundary from the previous night. The storm drifted over the Midkiff area where it produced large hail. The storm then moved southeast into Reagan County, went through a reorganization, then moved southwest, returning to eastern Upton County. About 10 miles north of Rankin the radar signature showed a moderate overhang. Large hail again began to fall. (The one-inch hail found along Highway 67 had fallen about 35 minutes before, and was believed to have been at least golfball size when it fell.)
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Upton
- When
- June 28, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 7 mi E of Rankin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -101.780
One inch hail fell along U.S. HIghway 67 east of Rankin.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 28 to 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 28 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 28, 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: 5611605, 5611606.