Hail, Lynn
- When
- June 6, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lynn County, 5 mi SE of Wilson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -101.670
Hail in Texas, June 6, 1997
Severe thunderstorms developed over Lynn County during the early morning of the 6th. The Wilson Fire Department reported golfball-sized hail in the town of Wilson.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 LUB wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed over Lynn County during the early morning of the 6th. The Wilson Fire Department reported golfball-sized hail in the town of Wilson. The storms eventually moved slowly northeast into Crosby County and weakened.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:44 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lynn
- When
- June 6, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Lynn County, Wilson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -101.730
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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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: 5606623, 5606624.