Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 29, 2:25 PM CST to 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude to 4 mi W of Claude
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -101.370
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 29, 1997
Severe thunderstorms over the central Texas Panhandle produced large hail and high winds.
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
- 4
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 over the central Texas Panhandle produced large hail and high winds.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:23 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- June 29, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -101.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- June 29, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.970
Hail, Gray
- When
- June 29, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.970
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 29, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 29, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, June 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 29, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 29, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, June 29, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 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: 5610615, 5610616, 5610617, 5610618.