Hail, Eastland
- When
- February 22, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Eastland County, Cisco
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 32.327, -98.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, February 22, 2000
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $52,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:16 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lampasas
- When
- February 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lampasas County, 3 mi S of Lampasas
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 0.1 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.196, -98.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A brief tornado occurred at the Flying L Ranch, but no damaged was reported.
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- February 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Denton County, Denton
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.205, -97.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two trailers were blown off their foundations on the east side of Denton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cooke
- When
- February 22, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, 5 mi NE of Gainesville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.639, -97.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew windows out and destroyed a shop building. A chicken house was blown down and the underpinning was ripped off a mobile home.
Flash Flood, Tarrant
- When
- February 22, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County, Grand Prairie
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.772, -97.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A car was stranded in high water that collected from heavy thunderstorm rain.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- February 22, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, (Dfw)dallas-Ft Worth
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Hill
- When
- February 22, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, 5 mi SW of Hillsboro
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.991, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Three barns were destroyed, a travel trailer was damaged, and two outbuildings were damaged.
Tornado, Bell
- When
- February 22, 9:53 PM CST to 10:06 PM CST
- Where
- Bell County, 3 mi SE of Killeen
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 0.5 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.038, -97.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A boat storage building was unroofed and a wall was blown down on the west side of Belton. Power poles were blown down in Harker Heights. Power was out to 3,700 customers. An awning in Nolanville was blown down and shingles were blown off the community center. The tornado path was apparently intermittent.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Colorado, February 22, 2000
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: 5129549, 5129550, 5129552, 5129555, 5129551, 5129554, 5129556, 5129553.