Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 7, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, Hartley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -102.400
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 7, 1997
8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 9
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 Amarillo radar (KAMA), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hartley
- When
- May 7, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Hartley County, 6 mi NE of Hartley
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -102.320
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 7, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.970
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 7, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, 10 mi W of Dumas
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -102.150
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 7, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Dumas
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -101.970
Hail, Moore
- When
- May 7, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Four Way
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -101.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Moore
- When
- May 7, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Moore County, Four Way
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -101.970
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 7, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, White Deer
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -101.180
Hail, Carson
- When
- May 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 10 mi N of Panhandle
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -101.380
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 7 to 8, 1997
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 7, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 7, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 7 to 26, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 7, 1997
- Flood in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 7, 1997
- Flood in Iowa, May 7, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 7, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, May 7, 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: 5610187, 5610188, 5610189, 5610190, 5610191, 5610192, 5610193, 5610194, 5610195.