Hail, Taylor
- When
- October 17, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.733
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, October 17, 2000
A line of nearly stationary thunderstorms developed over Abilene, dumping as much as 7 inches of rain in just 3 hours. Downtown Abilene suffered the heaviest rainfall, causing most city streets to become flooded and impassable.
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
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A line of nearly stationary thunderstorms developed over Abilene, dumping as much as 7 inches of rain in just 3 hours. Downtown Abilene suffered the heaviest rainfall, causing most city streets to become flooded and impassable. About 50 motorists, and the 3 passengers of a city bus, were rescued from vehicles stalled in high water. Area creeks quickly rose out of their banks, forcing a handful of people to evacuate their homes. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Taylor
- When
- October 17, 9:45 AM CST to 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.301, -99.890 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5158622, 5158623.