Hail, Gray
- When
- May 4, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 1 mi W of Pampa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.980
Hail in Texas, May 4, 1999
Severe thunderstorms with hail developed during the afternoon hours across the eastern Texas panhandle in response to a low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over northeastern New Mexico along with daytime heating and sufficient low level moisture off the caprock.
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
- 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.
Severe thunderstorms with hail developed during the afternoon hours across the eastern Texas panhandle in response to a low pressure system in the upper atmosphere over northeastern New Mexico along with daytime heating and sufficient low level moisture off the caprock.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:10 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 4, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Pampa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.970
Hail, Gray
- When
- May 4, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 5 mi E of Pampa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -100.880
Hail, Roberts
- When
- May 4, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County, 5 mi W of Codman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -100.800
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 4, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 9 mi NW of Wheeler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -100.380
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- May 4, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Wheeler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -100.270
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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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: 5698231, 5698232, 5698233, 5698234, 5698235, 5698236.