Texas, 1999

Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1999

May 31, 1999 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Glasscock

When
May 31, 6:06 PM CST to 6:08 PM CST
Where
Glasscock County, 5 mi SE of Garden City
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
70 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.820, -101.430

An apparent landspout tornado formed briefly in an updraft of the western-most cell of a multicell cluster. The updraft was on the north side of the cell and there was a boundary in close proximity that may have assisted in the formation of the vortex.

Hail, Glasscock

When
May 31, 6:15 PM CST
Where
Glasscock County, 13 mi ESE of Garden City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.800, -101.300

The cluster that caused the landspout continued to move northeast and dropped this hail on State Highway 158.

What these are

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.
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.

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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: 5697257, 5697258.