Texas, 2000

Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 22, 2000

February 22, 2000 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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

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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
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 Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:36 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Tornado, Uvalde

When
February 22, 10:36 PM CST to 10:38 PM CST
Where
Uvalde County, 20 mi N of Uvalde
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.500, -99.800

Reported by Sheriff's Department in open country moving southeastward.

Hail, Uvalde

When
February 22, 11:27 PM CST to 11:45 PM CST
Where
Uvalde County, Uvalde
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.217, -99.800

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2000Warnings in Texas, February 2000

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: 5134794, 5134795.