Hail, Parker
- When
- May 30, 6:28 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, Garner
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -97.980
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1997
3 hail, 3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:26 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 30, 6:51 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, 1 mi N of Springtown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -97.680
Flash Flood, Parker
- When
- May 30, 7:17 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, Springtown
- Coordinates
- 32.778, -97.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Over three inches of rain in less than an hour resulted in flooding.
Flash Flood, Parker
- When
- May 30, 7:17 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, 4 mi W of Weatherford
- Coordinates
- 32.778, -97.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A car was washed off a road and into a creek west of town. A weather observer reported over 5 inches of rain in less than two hours in the area.
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 30, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, 2 mi W of Weatherford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.830
Flash Flood, Parker
- When
- May 30, 8:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, Reno
- Coordinates
- 32.778, -97.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood waters swept cars off a road and into a creek.
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.
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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: 5597457, 5597458, 5597459, 5597460, 5597461, 5597462.