Hail, Gray
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 26 mi S of Pampa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -100.970
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 1999
A moist and unstable air mass and a disturbance in the upper atmosphere moving east across the Texas panhandle triggered scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail across the eastern third of the panhandle early this evening.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
A moist and unstable air mass and a disturbance in the upper atmosphere moving east across the Texas panhandle triggered scattered severe thunderstorms with large hail across the eastern third of the panhandle early this evening.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- June 18, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, Higgins
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -100.020
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- June 18, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, Higgins
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -100.020
Hail, Donley
- When
- June 18, 7:01 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, Howardwick
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -100.920
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- June 18, 7:04 PM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, Higgins
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -100.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Donley
- When
- June 18, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, Clarendon
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -100.900
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
- Rip Current in California, June 18, 1999
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 18, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 18, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Montana, June 18, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 18, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 18, 1999
- Flood in Montana, June 18 to 26, 1999
- Waterspout in South Carolina, June 18, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, June 18, 1999
- Tornado in Montana, June 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 1999
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: 5704421, 5704422, 5704423, 5704424, 5704425, 5704426.