Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- June 29, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, Texhoma
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -101.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 29 to 30, 1999
A trough of low pressure at the surface extending into the Texas panhandle from a surface low pressure system over southeast Colorado and a warm front moving north across the Texas panhandle allowed for severe thunderstorms with numerous tornadoes along with large hail and damaging winds to develop from the north-central Texas panhandle into the south-central Texas panhandle during the late…
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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 36
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 trough of low pressure at the surface extending into the Texas panhandle from a surface low pressure system over southeast Colorado and a warm front moving north across the Texas panhandle allowed for severe thunderstorms with numerous tornadoes along with large hail and damaging winds to develop from the north-central Texas panhandle into the south-central Texas panhandle during the late afternoon hours and then through the night.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
21 hail, 11 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 5 mi S of Spearman
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -101.200
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:05 PM CST to 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 10 mi WNW of Gruver
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -101.570
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:12 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, Gruver to 8 mi NW of Gruver
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -101.500
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 10 mi NW of Gruver
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -101.530
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 3 mi SE of Gruver
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -101.370
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:21 PM CST to 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 12 mi WSW of Gruver
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.600
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, White Deer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -101.180
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:39 PM CST to 6:41 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 3 mi NNW of Morse
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -101.500
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 29, 6:42 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 1 mi E of Panhandle
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -101.370
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:50 PM CST to 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 1 mi E of Morse
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -101.470
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated. Some power poles were damaged.
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 6:56 PM CST to 6:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 1 mi NW of Morse
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -101.500
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 29, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, White Deer
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -101.180
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 29, 6:58 PM CST to 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Panhandle to 3 mi SSE of Panhandle
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -101.380
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carson
- When
- June 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Panhandle
- Measured
- 79 kt (91 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -101.380
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 29, 7:13 PM CST to 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 6 mi SE of Panhandle
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -101.300
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, Morse
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -101.480
Tornado, Carson
- When
- June 29, 7:15 PM CST to 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 3 mi NE of Conway
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -101.350
The tornado remained over open country and the track was estimated.
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- June 29, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, 10 mi N of Stinnett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -101.450
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 29, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 5 mi W of Groom
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.180
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 29, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 5 mi W of Groom
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -101.180
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 29, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, Skellytown
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -101.180
Hail, Carson
- When
- June 29, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carson County, 5 mi SE of Skellytown
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -101.120
Hail, Armstrong
- When
- June 29, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Armstrong County, Goodnight
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -101.200
Hail, Gray
- When
- June 29, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 9:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, Spearman
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.200
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 10:12 PM CST to 10:14 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, Spearman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.200
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, Spearman
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.200
Tornado, Hansford
- When
- June 29, 11:50 PM CST to 11:53 PM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 6 mi W of Spearman
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -101.300
The tornado lifted a roof off of a house. The tornado track was estimated.
Hail, Hansford
- When
- June 30, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hansford County, 8 mi SSW of Spearman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -101.250
Hail, Roberts
- When
- June 30, 1:48 AM CST
- Where
- Roberts County, 25 mi NW of Miami
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -100.950
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- June 30, 2:22 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 12 mi W of Perryton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -101.020
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- June 30, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Perryton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -100.800
Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Waka
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -101.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Ochiltree
- When
- June 30, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, Waka
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -101.050
Hail, Lipscomb
- When
- June 30, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Lipscomb County, Lipscomb
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -100.270
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Wildfire in California, June 29, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 29, 1999
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- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 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: 5704330, 5704331, 5704332, 5704333, 5704334, 5704335, 5703399, 5704336, 5704338, 5704337, 5704404, 5704979, 5704978, 5704980, 5704981, 5704982, 5703405, 5704983, 5704986, 5704984, 5704985, 5704987, 5704988, 5704989, 5704990, 5703400, 5703401, 5704991, 5704992, 5703402, 5703395, 5703396, 5703397, 5703403, 5703404, 5703398.