Texas, 2000

Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, April 11, 2000

April 11, 2000 · NWS SJT · 25 events in 9 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms rumbled across much of the Concho Valley, Heartland, and Northern Edwards Plateau during the evening of the 11th. A brief tornado was reported in central Irion County, while tennis ball to baseball size hail pounded Mertzon, Rockwood, and northern Schleicher County.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
25

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 SJT wrote it up.

Severe thunderstorms rumbled across much of the Concho Valley, Heartland, and Northern Edwards Plateau during the evening of the 11th. A brief tornado was reported in central Irion County, while tennis ball to baseball size hail pounded Mertzon, Rockwood, and northern Schleicher County. Many other areas reported dime to golf ball size hail.

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Event by event

23 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Brown

When
April 11, 5:25 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Bangs
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.717, -99.133

Tornado, Irion

When
April 11, 5:35 PM CST
Where
Irion County, 6 mi NE of Barnhart
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
31.200, -101.117

A tornado briefly touched down in open county northeast of Barnhart. No damage was reported.

Hail, Coleman

When
April 11, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Coleman County, 4 mi NW of Burkett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.033, -99.267

Hail, Brown

When
April 11, 5:58 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Bangs
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.717, -99.133

Hail, Irion

When
April 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Irion County, Mertzon
Measured
2.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.267, -100.817

Hail up to the size of baseballs was reported in Mertzon.

Hail, Runnels

When
April 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Runnels County, 11 mi SE of Ballinger
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.633, -99.817

Hail, Brown

When
April 11, 6:18 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Bangs
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.717, -99.133

Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in western Brown County.

Hail, Concho

When
April 11, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Concho County, 13 mi E of Paint Rock
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.517, -99.700

Hail, Tom Green

When
April 11, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Tom Green County, Knickerbocker
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.267, -100.633

Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in western Tom Green County.

Hail, Schleicher

When
April 11, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Schleicher County, 12 mi N of Eldorado
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.017, -100.617

Golf ball size hail was reported in northern Scheicher County.

Hail, Tom Green

When
April 11, 6:26 PM CST
Where
Tom Green County, Tankersly
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.350, -100.633

Hail, Irion

When
April 11, 6:45 PM CST
Where
Irion County, 10 mi NE of Mertzon
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.367, -100.700

Hail, Tom Green

When
April 11, 6:45 PM CST
Where
Tom Green County, San Angelo
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.467, -100.433

Hail, Schleicher

When
April 11, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Schleicher County, 12 mi N of Eldorado
Measured
2.5 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.017, -100.617

Hail the size of tennis balls pounded an area north of Eldorado in northern Schleicher County.

Hail, Brown

When
April 11, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Bangs
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.717, -99.133

Large hail hit the community of Bangs for the fourth time this evening.

Hail, McCulloch

When
April 11, 7:16 PM CST
Where
McCulloch County, Lohn
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.317, -99.417

Hail, Coleman

When
April 11, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Coleman County, Rockwood
Measured
2.5 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.500, -99.383

A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to the size of tennis balls across southern Coleman County.

Hail, McCulloch

When
April 11, 7:45 PM CST
Where
McCulloch County, Doole
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.400, -99.600

Hail, Coleman

When
April 11, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Coleman County, Trickham
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.583, -99.233

Hail, Menard

When
April 11, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Menard County, 7 mi N of Ft McKavett
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.933, -100.100

Hail, Schleicher

When
April 11, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Schleicher County, 24 mi E of Eldorado
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.850, -100.217

Hail, Menard

When
April 11, 8:04 PM CST
Where
Menard County, 4 mi N of Ft McKavett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.883, -100.100

Flash Flood, Brown

When
April 11, 8:30 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Brownwood
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.774, -99.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets in the city of Brownwood were reported impassable due to high water.

Hail, Schleicher

When
April 11, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Schleicher County, 7 mi S of Eldorado
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
30.750, -100.617

Hail, Brown

When
April 11, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Indian Creek
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.517, -98.983

What these are

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.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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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: 5141808, 5141812, 5141809, 5141810, 5141811, 5141813, 5141814, 5141815, 5141816, 5141817, 5141885, 5141884, 5141886, 5142182, 5142183, 5142184, 5142185, 5142186, 5142187, 5142188, 5142198, 5142199, 5142200, 5142201, 5142202.