Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- March 2, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.733
Trees and power lines downed by high winds
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 2000
Severe thuunderstorms rolled across the Big Country during the early morning hours of the 2nd. Dime to quarter size hail was reported, along with damaging winds that knocked down trees and power lines.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Severe thuunderstorms rolled across the Big Country during the early morning hours of the 2nd. Dime to quarter size hail was reported, along with damaging winds that knocked down trees and power lines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Nolan
- When
- March 2, 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Nolan
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.267, -100.250
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 2, 2:44 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Dyess Afb
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 32.417, -99.850
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 2, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.733
Hail, Shackelford
- When
- March 2, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County, 17 mi SW of Albany
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.567, -99.500
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 2, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Hamby
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.517, -99.633
Hail, Fisher
- When
- March 2, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, Roby
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -100.383
Hail, Jones
- When
- March 2, 3:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County, Hamlin
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.883, -100.133
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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- Hail in Oklahoma, March 2, 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: 5136431, 5136438, 5136432, 5136433, 5136434, 5136435, 5136436, 5136437.