Hail, Trinity
- When
- March 10, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Trinity County, Pennington
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.183, -95.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 10, 2000
10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $1.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 Houston radar (KHGX), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Houston
- When
- March 10, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Kennard
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.367, -95.200
Hail, Burleson
- When
- March 10, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Burleson County, Caldwell
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.533, -96.683
At least 50 reports of damage to cars and homes.
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 10, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 4 mi SW of Normangee
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.000, -96.167
Hail on OSR near Navasota River.
Tornado, Burleson
- When
- March 10, 7:55 PM CST to 8:51 PM CST
- Where
- Burleson County, 8 mi S of Caldwell
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 30.417, -96.683
Tornado touched down near Harmony at 1955 CST with significant tree damage including an 18 inch diameter tree blown down. A trailer was also significantly damaged. Tornado then tracked to just south of Center Line with mostly F0 tree damage along its path. Tornado then reached the Pin Oak subdivision at about 2022 CST. Several trailers, including a double-wide, were destroyed. A total of 7 homes were destroyed and another 10 severely damaged in this area, with damage reaching F2 status. Tornado then struck a ranch on the south side of FM 1361 with large trees uprooted or cut in half and windows blown out and portion of roof torn off large frame house. Several rural outbuildings at the ranch which had been bolted down were destroyed. Damage in this area was rated F3 with damage swath up to a half mile wide. Tornado then tracked to just north of Clay by 2051 CST with a narrow swath of F0 to F1 tree damage along the path. When tornado passed north of Clay before dissipating, car was blown off road and damage swath reached 200 yards wide.
Tornado, Grimes
- When
- March 10, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Grimes County, Bedias
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.767, -95.950
Trees downed from brief tornado touchdown.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 10, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Washington
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.333, -96.167
Trees down on Schwertz Road.
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 10, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 4 mi NW of Long Pt
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 30.267, -96.567
Golfball sized hail on south side of Lake Somerville.
Hail, Waller
- When
- March 10, 9:56 PM CST
- Where
- Waller County, Hempstead
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.100, -96.083
Hail, Harris
- When
- March 10, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 2 mi N of Katy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.833, -95.800
Hail, Harris
- When
- March 10, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 5 mi SW of Alief
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.667, -95.667
Quarter sized hail at Hwy. 6 and Beechnut in southwest Houston.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- March 10, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 5 mi W of Conroe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.317, -95.533
Quarter sized hail with damage to cars on south side of Lake Conroe.
Hail, Harris
- When
- March 10, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, 3 mi S of Alief
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.667, -95.600
Dime sized hail at Dairy Ashford and Bissonnet in southwest Houston.Several large supercells formed along a strong cold front bringing 2 tornadoes and several reports of large hail to the northwest counties in southeast Texas on the evening of the 10th. Burleson County was the hardest hit with a tornado that cut a 21 mile swath through the center of the county and produced damage up to F3 status, with over 20 homes damaged or destroyed. Several reports of baseball-sized hail were also received from the county, including reports of damage to cars and homes in Caldwell. Hail damage to cars was also reported on the south side of Lake Conroe. Other reports of hail up to golfball size were common. The storms evolved into a broken squall line and gradually weakened as they moved into the coastal counties.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5136672, 5136673, 5136269, 5136674, 5136671, 5136675, 5136676, 5136677, 5136678, 5136679, 5136680, 5136682, 5136681.