Hail, Moore
- When
- May 28, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, 16 mi SE of Dumas
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -101.770
Report of hail covering Highway 1913.
Hail in Texas, May 28, 1997
Thunderstorms over the western and central Texas Panhandle produced mainly large hail along with some high winds and an isolated tornado.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms over the western and central Texas Panhandle produced mainly large hail along with some high winds and an isolated tornado.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:20 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 28, 7:57 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 5 mi E of Channing
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -102.250
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 28, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 10 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -101.950
Report at Bishop Hills.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 28, 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 15 mi NW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -102.000
Report 5 miles west on Boys Ranch Road.
Hail, Potter
- When
- May 28, 9:04 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, 6 mi W of Amarillo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.920
Report at 9th Street and Soncy Road.
Hail, Randall
- When
- May 28, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 6 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -101.900
Report at Washington Street and 58th Street.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- 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
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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: 5611070, 5611166, 5611167, 5611168, 5611169, 5611170.