Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 23, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 5 mi S of Spearman
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -101.200
Hail in Texas, June 23, 1999
A very unstable air mass with abundant moisture along with a disturbance in the upper atmosphere over northeastern New Mexico triggered an isolated severe thunderstorm with large hail over the north-central Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 very unstable air mass with abundant moisture along with a disturbance in the upper atmosphere over northeastern New Mexico triggered an isolated severe thunderstorm with large hail over the north-central Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
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: 5704416.