Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- May 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Farnsworth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -100.970
Hail in Texas, May 24, 1997
Thunderstorms over the north central and eastern Texas Panhandle produced large hail and high winds.
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.
Thunderstorms over the north central and eastern Texas Panhandle produced large hail and high winds.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 24, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Shamrock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.250
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- May 24, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, 2 mi W of Higgins
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -100.050
Report of hail covering the ground.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, May 24 to 26, 1997
- Tornado and Flood in Louisiana, May 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 24, 1997
- Flood in Kansas, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, May 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, May 24, 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: 5611057, 5611058, 5611059.