Hail, Midland
- When
- March 2, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Midland County, Midland Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 31.933, -102.200
Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 2, 2000
An approaching upper level storm system helped the development on nocturnal thunderstorms.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 MAF wrote it up.
An approaching upper level storm system helped the development on nocturnal thunderstorms.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 2 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:48 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Midland
- When
- March 2, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Midland County, 4 mi NNW of Midland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -102.117
Tornado, Dawson
- When
- March 2, 2:07 AM CST to 2:17 AM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, 10 mi SW of Lamesa
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 32.633, -102.067
Tornado formed quickly in a small supercell that moved into Dawson County from Gaines County. Video indicated a condensation funnel to the ground. The tornado passed through open farm land causing no damage.
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.
The same day elsewhere
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More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2000Warnings in Texas, March 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: 5138577, 5138576, 5138578.