Texas, 2000

Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 28, 2000

March 28, 2000 · NWS FWD · 10 events in 2 counties and zones

Montague/Cook County Thunderstorm NarrativeThis storm developed near Nocona, in northern Montague county, around 1600 CST, and moved slowly east toward Gainesville. It decreased east of Gainesville in Cooke county shortly before 1900 CST.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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 FWD wrote it up.

Montague/Cook County Thunderstorm NarrativeThis storm developed near Nocona, in northern Montague county, around 1600 CST, and moved slowly east toward Gainesville. It decreased east of Gainesville in Cooke county shortly before 1900 CST. Visibility was poor, but spotters reported several funnels, two of them briefly touching down in rural areas.

The radar

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Event by event

8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Montague

When
March 28, 4:10 PM CST
Where
Montague County, Nocona
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.800, -97.750

Hail, Montague

When
March 28, 4:50 PM CST
Where
Montague County, 1 mi NW of St Jo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.717, -97.550

Hail, Montague

When
March 28, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Montague County, 3 mi E of Montague
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.667, -97.667

Hail, Montague

When
March 28, 5:02 PM CST
Where
Montague County, 7 mi E of Montague
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.667, -97.600

Hail, Montague

When
March 28, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Montague County, 3 mi W of St Jo
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.700, -97.583

Hail, Montague

When
March 28, 5:20 PM CST
Where
Montague County, St Jo
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.700, -97.533

Tornado, Montague

When
March 28, 5:24 PM CST
Where
Montague County, St Jo
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.700, -97.533

A brief touchdown was reported by spotters near Saint Jo. A mobile home was damaged at the Starkey community. A few vehicles were damaged by hail on Highway 82.

Hail, Cooke

When
March 28, 5:40 PM CST
Where
Cooke County, 1 mi N of Myra
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.650, -97.317

Tornado, Cooke

When
March 28, 6:20 PM CST
Where
Cooke County, Lindsay
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.650, -97.233

A brief touchdown was reported near Lindsay. No damage.

Hail, Cooke

When
March 28, 6:35 PM CST
Where
Cooke County, Gainesville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.633, -97.150

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.

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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: 5140304, 5140305, 5140306, 5140307, 5140308, 5140380, 5140381, 5140382, 5140383, 5140384.