Texas, 1997Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 9, 1997
June 9, 1997 · NWS AMA · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
Severe thunderstorms over the eastern Texas Panhandle produced flash flooding along with damaging hail and an isolated tornado.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Severe thunderstorms over the eastern Texas Panhandle produced flash flooding along with damaging hail and an isolated tornado.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Hemphill
- When
- June 9, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 8 mi S of Canadian
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.838, -100.270 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Van and truck washed off road after hitting 3 feet of water at junction of Highways 83 and 60. One female injured.
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 9, 2:25 PM CST to 2:27 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 15 mi SW of White Deer
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -101.370
Brief touchdown over open country. Tornado track was estimated.
Flash Flood, Lipscomb
- When
- June 9, 3:14 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, Booker
- Coordinates
- 36.278, -100.273 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highway 23 north of Booker closed with one foot of water over roadway.
Hail, Donley
- When
- June 9, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, Lelia Lake
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -100.780
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- June 9, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Shamrock
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.250
Numerous reports of golfball to baseball size hail in Shamrock and there was extensive damage.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail in Texas, June 9, 1997$2.8 million · 2 in hail · 12 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 9, 19971 injured · $125,000 · 2.75 in hail · 56 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 1997$100,000 · 3 in hail · 6 events
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 9, 1997$50,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 9, 1997$20,000 · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 1997$15,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 9, 19971 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1997$2,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 9 to 10, 19972 events
- Hail in Texas, June 9, 19971.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 19972 events
- Hail in Texas, June 9, 19971 in hail · 2 events
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: 5611242, 5611243, 5611296, 5611297, 5611298.