Tornado, Grayson
- When
- May 26, 10:45 PM CST to 10:46 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County, 4 mi W of Pottsboro
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -96.730
A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1997
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:42 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cooke
- When
- May 26, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, Callisburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -97.020
Hail, Grayson
- When
- May 26, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County, 5 mi SE of Pottsboro
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -96.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- May 26, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County, 5 mi SE of Pottsboro
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -96.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Grayson
- When
- May 26, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Grayson County, Denison
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -96.550
Strong winds destroyed an outdoor stage that was being used for a concert just a short time earlier.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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 Oklahoma, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 26 to 27, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 26, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1997Warnings 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: 5599119, 5599206, 5599120, 5599121, 5599122.