Hail, Van Zandt
- When
- May 28, 12:53 AM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County, 6 mi W of Van
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.520, -95.750
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1997
1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 2
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), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Van Zandt
- When
- May 28, 3:40 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Van Zandt County, Ben Wheeler
- Coordinates
- 32.564, -95.836 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water was reported over several roads in and around town.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Louisiana, May 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 28, 1997
- Tornado in New Mexico, May 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 28, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 28, 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: 5597451, 5597452.