Hail, Parker
- When
- May 8, 9:49 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County, Weatherford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -97.800
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1997
2 hail, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 4
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), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Parker
- When
- May 8, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Parker County, 5 mi N of Weatherford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.830, -97.800
Flash Flood, Parker
- When
- May 8, 11:40 PM CST to May 9, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, 3 mi N of Peaster
- Coordinates
- 32.778, -97.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low-lying areas were flooded on Farm-to-Market Road 920.
Flash Flood, Parker
- When
- May 8, 11:40 PM CST to May 9, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Parker County, 2 mi E of Adell
- Coordinates
- 32.778, -97.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low-lying areas were reported flooded.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 31, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, May 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1997
- Hail in Michigan, May 8, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Michigan, May 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 8, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, May 8, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, May 8, 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: 5598713, 5598714, 5598715, 5598716.