Funnel Cloud, Glasscock
- When
- March 22, 7:20 PM CST to 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 13 mi SW of Garden City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -101.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 22, 2000
This strong supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado, funnel cloud, hail, and flash flooding across Glasscock and Howard counties.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
This strong supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado, funnel cloud, hail, and flash flooding across Glasscock and Howard counties.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Glasscock
- When
- March 22, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 13 mi SW of Garden City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.733, -101.650
Tornado, Glasscock
- When
- March 22, 7:25 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 10 mi SW of Garden City
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.767, -101.617
The Sheriffs Office reported a tornado near FM 2401.
Hail, Howard
- When
- March 22, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, 10 mi S of Big Spring
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -101.467
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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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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: 5138907, 5138908, 5138909, 5138910.