Texas, 1997Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 27, 1997
May 27, 1997 · NWS EWX · 10 events in 6 counties and zones
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $43,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Event by event
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Frio
- When
- May 27, 7:20 PM CST to 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Moore to 1 mi E of Moore
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 29.070, -99.000
The tornado, observed by the Sheriff in open country, was accompanied by nickle-sized hail.
Hail, Frio
- When
- May 27, 7:20 PM CST to 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Moore to 1 mi E of Moore
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.070, -99.000
Hail, Frio
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Pearsall
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -99.080
Hail, Medina
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Medina County, Devine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.150, -98.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Atascosa
- When
- May 27, 7:30 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Pleasanton
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -98.480
Severe winds blew over trees with some landing on automobiles and causing damage.
Hail, Frio
- When
- May 27, 7:55 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Dilley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -99.170
Flash Flood, Frio
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 28.868, -99.108 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads were closed across the county due to heavy rainfall.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST to 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, 6 mi SW of La Vernia
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.280, -98.180
Trees were uprooted with large limbs broken off by severe winds.
Hail, Dimmit
- When
- May 27, 8:15 PM CST to 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County, Brundage
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.570, -99.670
Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt
- When
- May 27, 8:25 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- De Witt County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.050, -97.350
Trees and power lines were knocked down by severe winds across much of the county.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 27, 199727 deaths · 12 injured · $40 million · F5 · 3 events
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 27, 19971 death · 5 injured · $15 million · F4 · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 27, 199715 injured · $70 million · F3 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1997$920,000 · F3 · 10 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1997$225,000 · F3 · 12 events
- Tornado in Texas, May 27, 1997F3 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 27, 19971 death · $5,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 27, 1997$3.0 million · 100 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 27, 1997$2.0 million · 94 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 27, 1997$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 27 to 28, 1997$91,000 · F0 · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1997$25,000 · F1 · 8 events
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: 5599062, 5599063, 5599064, 5599067, 5599068, 5599065, 5599066, 5599069, 5599070, 5599071.