Hail, Randall
- When
- September 13, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 13, 1997
Severe thunderstorms across the central Texas Panhandle produced hail and damaging high winds during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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
- 5
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 AMA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms across the central Texas Panhandle produced hail and damaging high winds during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carson
- When
- September 13, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 8 mi W of Panhandle
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -101.530
Roof lifted off a trailer at Pantex.
Hail, Randall
- When
- September 13, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.820
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- September 13, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -101.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Armstrong
- When
- September 13, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Claude
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -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.
- 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
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 13, 1997
- Wildfire in California, September 13 to 15, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, September 13, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, September 13, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 13 to 14, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, September 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 13, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Kansas, September 13, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, September 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 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: 5615308, 5615309, 5615310, 5615311, 5615312.