Hail, Hale
- When
- May 29, 7:37 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County, 2 mi S of Plainview
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -101.700
Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 29 to 30, 1997
The most widespread severe weather event of the month occurred on the 29th and into the morning of the 30th. Numerous reports of dime- to quarter-sized hail were received from O'Donnell, Happy, Tulia, Quitaque, Dimmitt, Earth, Petersburg, and Ralls.
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
- 19
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 LUB wrote it up.
The most widespread severe weather event of the month occurred on the 29th and into the morning of the 30th. Numerous reports of dime- to quarter-sized hail were received from O'Donnell, Happy, Tulia, Quitaque, Dimmitt, Earth, Petersburg, and Ralls. A brief, weak tornado was reported just north of Petersburg by the Hale County Sheriff's Office.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:36 UTC.
Event by event
18 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lynn
- When
- May 29, 7:07 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County, Odonnell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -101.830
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 29, 9:17 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, Happy
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -101.850
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 29, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, Tulia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.770
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 29, 10:03 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, 1 mi E of Kaffir
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -101.800
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 29, 10:14 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, Tulia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.770
Hail, Castro
- When
- May 29, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County, 6 mi W of Dimmitt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -102.420
Hail, Briscoe
- When
- May 29, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe County, Quitaque
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -101.050
Hail, Lamb
- When
- May 29, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County, Earth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -102.400
Hail, Lamb
- When
- May 29, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County, 2 mi E of Earth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -102.370
Hail, Lamb
- When
- May 29, 11:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb County, Hart Camp
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -102.150
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 30, 12:46 AM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, Tulia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.770
Hail, Swisher
- When
- May 30, 1:18 AM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, Tulia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.770
Hail, Hale
- When
- May 30, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County, Petersburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -101.600
Hail, Hale
- When
- May 30, 2:41 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County, 4 mi N of Petersburg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -101.600
Tornado, Hale
- When
- May 30, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County, 1 mi N of Petersburg
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -101.600
Hail, Floyd
- When
- May 30, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Floyd County, 5 mi W of Mc Coy
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -101.520
Hail, Crosby
- When
- May 30, 3:09 AM CST
- Where
- Crosby County, 2 mi N of Ralls
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -101.380
Hail, Crosby
- When
- May 30, 3:22 AM CST
- Where
- Crosby County, 1 mi NE of Ralls
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -101.370
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
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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: 5603994, 5603995, 5603996, 5603998, 5603997, 5604000, 5604001, 5603999, 5604002, 5604003, 5604004, 5604005, 5604006, 5604007, 5604008, 5604009, 5604010, 5604011, 5604012.