Texas, 1997Hail in Texas, May 1, 1997
May 1, 1997 · NWS AMA · 9 events in 4 counties and zones
9 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 1, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 3 mi E of Wellington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.170
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 1, 4:21 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 5 mi E of Wellington
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.130
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 1, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 7 mi E of Wellington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.100
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 1, 4:27 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 11 mi E of Wellington
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.020
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 1, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Briscoe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -100.280
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 1, 6:46 PM CST to 6:51 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 5 mi W of Perryton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.880
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 1, 6:53 PM CST to 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- May 1, 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, Booker
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -100.530
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 1, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 7 mi S of Perryton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -100.800
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 29, 19971 injured · $259,000 · F0 · 163 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 1, 19972 injured · $17 million · 2.75 in hail · 34 events
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 1, 19971 death · 1 event
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1997$8.0 million · 10 events
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1997$4.0 million · 8 events
- Heavy Rain in Ohio, May 1 to 31, 1997$1.0 million · 30 events
- Flooding in Montana, May 1 to 31, 1997$2.3 million · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1997$21,000 · 2.25 in hail · 57 events
- Flooding in Louisiana, May 1 to 9, 1997$120,000 · 4 events
- Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 9, 1997$100,000 · 2 events
- High Wind in Ohio, May 1, 1997$63,000 · 60 kt wind · 11 events
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 1, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
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: 5610166, 5610167, 5610168, 5610169, 5610170, 5610171, 5610172, 5610173, 5610174.