Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- September 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Mc Lean
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -100.600
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 8, 1997
Severe thunderstorms over the eastern Texas Panhandle produced large hail and damaging winds during the late 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
- 3
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 over the eastern Texas Panhandle produced large hail and damaging winds during the late evening hours.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gray
- When
- September 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Mc Lean
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -100.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Gray
- When
- September 8, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Mc Lean
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -100.600
Six to eight inch diameter tree branch broken.
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Kansas, September 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 8, 1997
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, September 8, 1997
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: 5615305, 5615306, 5615307.