Texas, 2000

Tornado and Hail in Texas, February 22, 2000

February 22, 2000 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

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

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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), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Upton

When
February 22, 12:55 PM CST
Where
Upton County, Rankin
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.217, -101.900

Tornado, Reagan

When
February 22, 1:19 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
Where
Reagan County, 31 mi NW of Big Lake
Rating
F0
Path length
4 mi
Path width
100 yd
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
31.517, -101.833

Tornado reported half way between Midkiff and the North Reagan Fire Department. No damage path was ever found.

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.

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: 5133879, 5133880.