Hail in Texas, May 29, 1997

Name: Hail in Texas, May 29, 1997
Start: 1997-05-29T18:45
End: 1997-05-29T18:45
Location: Texas

May 29, 1997 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Martin

When: May 29, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Martin County, Three Leagues
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 32.480, -101.970

A storm developed in Southwestern Dawson County along a stationary outflow boundary, then moved to the southeast into northern Martin County where the hail was reported. This storm became a supercell with strong rotation on its northwest flank. The storm turned 45 degrees to the right of the mean storm motion as calculated by the WSR-88D tracking algorithm and slowed to almost half the speed of the other storms.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5611458.