Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 14, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Gallatin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -95.150
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1997
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:55 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 14, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 1 mi S of Gallatin
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -95.150
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 14, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 1 mi S of Gallatin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -95.150
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 14, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Reese
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -95.380
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 14 to 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, May 14, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 14, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 14, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 14, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 14, 1997
- Hail in Kentucky, May 14, 1997
- Hail in Kentucky, May 14, 1997
- Hail in West Virginia, May 14, 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: 5598093, 5598096, 5598095, 5598094.