Hail, Garza
- When
- May 14, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County, 4 mi SSW of Justiceburg
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -101.230
Hail in Texas, May 14 to 15, 1997
Severe thunderstorms developed over Garza and Stonewall Counties late at night on the 14th and early on the 15th. These storms produced large hail near Justiceburg and south of Aspermont though little damage was reported.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- 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 LUB wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed over Garza and Stonewall Counties late at night on the 14th and early on the 15th. These storms produced large hail near Justiceburg and south of Aspermont though little damage was reported.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:25 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Garza
- When
- May 14, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Garza County, 4 mi SSW of Justiceburg
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -101.230
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 15, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 10 mi S of Aspermont
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -100.230
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 15, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, Aspermont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -100.230
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: 5603881, 5603882, 5603884, 5603883.