Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 31, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 2 mi SSE of Samnorwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -100.270
Hail in Texas, May 31, 1999
Daytime heating and a very moist airmass helped trigger severe thunderstorms with large hail across the southeastern sections of the Texas panhandle during the 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.
Daytime heating and a very moist airmass helped trigger severe thunderstorms with large hail across the southeastern sections of the Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 31, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, Samnorwood
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -100.280
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- May 31, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, Dozier
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -100.350
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 31, 5:03 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Shamrock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -100.250
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 31, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 3 mi S of Shamrock
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -100.250
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5698484, 5698485, 5698486, 5698487, 5698488.