Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 27, 3:00 PM CST to 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, 8 mi E of Carta Vly
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -100.550
Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 27, 1997
10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Real
- When
- May 27, 3:10 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Real County, 10 mi W of Leakey
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.730, -99.920
Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 27, 3:15 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, Carta Vly
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -100.680
Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 27, 3:25 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, 26 mi SW of Rocks Spgs
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -100.520
Flash Flood, Edwards
- When
- May 27, 4:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, Carta Vly
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -100.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain over the western part of the county caused brief road closings and flash flooding near Carta Valley.
Hail, Edwards
- When
- May 27, 4:30 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, 26 mi SW of Rocks Spgs
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -100.520
Hail, Val Verde
- When
- May 27, 5:15 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Comstock
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.680, -101.170
Hail, Uvalde
- When
- May 27, 5:35 PM CST to 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County, Sabinal
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.320, -99.470
Funnel Cloud, Uvalde
- When
- May 27, 5:45 PM CST to 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County, 5 mi W of Utopia
- Coordinates
- 29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Uvalde
- When
- May 27, 6:00 PM CST to 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Uvalde County, 7 mi S of Utopia
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.520, -99.530
Amateur Radio spotters relayed a report of a tornado sighted by a Sheriff's Deputy.
Hail, Val Verde
- When
- May 27, 6:45 PM CST to 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Del Rio
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -100.900
Hail, Val Verde
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Del Rio
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Val Verde
- When
- May 27, 7:36 PM CST to 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Laughlin Afb
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -100.780
Hail, Val Verde
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST to 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, 6 mi E of Comstock
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.680, -101.070
Flash Flood, Val Verde
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Up to 3 inches of rain in under 2 hours produced flash flooding over the southern part of the county. Highway 90 was closed from Del Rio to Comstock. Widespread flooding of streets was also reported in the city of Del Rio.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
- 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.
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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: 5598921, 5598926, 5598922, 5598923, 5598924, 5598925, 5598927, 5598928, 5598929, 5598930, 5598931, 5598932, 5598933, 5598934, 5599051.