Tornado, Hill
- When
- May 27, 2:50 PM CST to 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, 3 mi SW of Hubbard
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -96.830
A short-lived tornado was reported.
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1997
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:51 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hill
- When
- May 27, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, 4 mi NE of Mt Calm
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -96.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- May 27, 3:29 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, Coolidge
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -96.670
Strong winds blew down power lines.
Hail, Limestone
- When
- May 27, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, Mexia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Limestone
- When
- May 27, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, 6 mi W of Mexia
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 31.680, -96.600
Power lines were blown down by high winds.
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 27, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County, Simboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -96.320
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 27, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County, Donie
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.470, -96.230
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.
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More
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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: 5597326, 5597327, 5597328, 5597329, 5597448, 5597449, 5597450.