Hail, Crockett
- When
- March 22, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County, 63 mi NW of Ozona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -101.950
Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 22 to 23, 2000
10 hail, 5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crockett
- When
- March 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County, 63 mi NW of Ozona
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -101.950
Tornado, Sterling
- When
- March 22, 7:13 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sterling County, 17 mi NW of Sterling City
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -101.200
A tornado crossed Highway 87 northwest of Sterling City. No damage was reported.
Tornado, Sterling
- When
- March 22, 7:24 PM CST
- Where
- Sterling County, 16 mi NW of Sterling City
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -101.200
A large tornado was reported by spotters 5 miles inside the Sterling County line northwest of Sterling City.
Hail, Fisher
- When
- March 22, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, Rotan
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -100.467
Tornado, Fisher
- When
- March 22, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, 6 mi SW of Rotan
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.783, -100.533
A spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown 6 miles southwest of Rotan in northern Fisher County. No damage was reported.
Tornado, Nolan
- When
- March 22, 8:17 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 5 mi W of Roscoe
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.433, -100.617
A spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown across extreme northwest Nolan County.
Tornado, Fisher
- When
- March 22, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, 17 mi SW of Roby
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.583, -100.583
The same spotter who reported a brief tornado touchdown in extreme northwest Nolan County reported a second brief tornado touchdown in extreme southwest Fisher County.
Hail, Crockett
- When
- March 22, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crockett County, 63 mi NW of Ozona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -101.950
Hail, Haskell
- When
- March 22, 9:17 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, 4 mi SW of Rochester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.283, -99.917
Thunderstorm Wind, Sterling
- When
- March 23, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Sterling County, Sterling City
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.833, -101.000
Thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off of a barn and overturned a trailer on the south side of Sterling City.
Hail, Fisher
- When
- March 23, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, Roby
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -100.383
Hail, Irion
- When
- March 23, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Irion County, Sherwood
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.283, -100.800
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- March 23, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County, Tankersly
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -100.633
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- March 23, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County, San Angelo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 31.467, -100.433
Hail, Tom Green
- When
- March 23, 3:13 AM CST
- Where
- Tom Green County, San Angelo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.467, -100.433
Flash Flood, Fisher
- When
- March 23, 3:20 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, 3 mi NW of Roby
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.743, -100.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ranch Road 2832 was reported to be flooded and impassable just northwest of Roby.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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: 5136514, 5136515, 5136516, 5136518, 5136517, 5136865, 5136863, 5136864, 5136866, 5136895, 5136902, 5136896, 5136897, 5136898, 5136899, 5136900, 5136901.