Hail, Randall
- When
- May 15, 7:08 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Report at 34th Street and Georgia Street.
Hail in Texas, May 15, 1997
An early morning severe thunderstorm raked the south central Texas Panhandle with large hail.
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
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 AMA wrote it up.
An early morning severe thunderstorm raked the south central Texas Panhandle with large hail.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:07 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 15, 7:08 AM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail was 6 inches deep on the ground.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 15, 7:09 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 15, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Report at 34th Street and Georgia Street.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 15, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Report at Wolflin Avenue and Georgia Street.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 15, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Numerous cars damaged at car dealerships at 34th Street and Georgia Street.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 15, 7:28 AM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi S of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -101.820
Report at Claude Highway and Washington Street.
What these are
- 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.
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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: 5610329, 5610330, 5610331, 5610332, 5610333, 5610334, 5610335.