Hail, Moore
- When
- May 22, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.970
Hail in Texas, May 22, 1997
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail in the north central Texas Panhandle.
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
- 3
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.
Severe thunderstorms produced large hail in the north central Texas Panhandle.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:52 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hansford
- When
- May 22, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 7 mi W of Morse
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -101.620
Report of hail on county line in Hansford and Hutchinson counties.
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- May 22, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, 7 mi W of Morse Jct
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -101.580
Report of hail on county line in Hansford and Hutchinson counties.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Hail in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 22 to 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 22, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1997
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: 5610338, 5610339, 5610340.