Texas, 2000Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, October 24, 2000
October 24, 2000 · NWS MAF · 4 events in 3 counties and zones
A short wave trough moving across the region triggered a series of storms that resulted in numerous hail reports up to golfball size and extensive flooding in some parts of Permian Basin and South Plains. An isolated tornado was also observed.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- 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.
A short wave trough moving across the region triggered a series of storms that resulted in numerous hail reports up to golfball size and extensive flooding in some parts of Permian Basin and South Plains. An isolated tornado was also observed.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Andrews
- When
- October 24, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, 20 mi W of Andrews
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.305, -102.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water covering State Highway 176 resulted in a car accident with one injury.
Tornado, Midland
- When
- October 24, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County, 4 mi N of Midland
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -102.083
Skywarn spotters and NWS employees viewed a short lived tornado north of the airport.
Hail, Ector
- When
- October 24, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 3 mi SE of Odessa
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 31.817, -102.333
Hail, Ector
- When
- October 24, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Gardendale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.417
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Dense Fog in Washington, October 24, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 2000$30,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 24 to 25, 2000$12,000 · 57 kt wind · 15 events
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24, 20009 events
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24 to 25, 20008 events
- Flooding in Kansas, October 24 to 25, 20007 events
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24, 20005 events
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 20001.75 in hail · 5 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 25, 200067 kt wind · 3 events
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 24 to 25, 20003 events
- Hail in Texas, October 24, 20001.75 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 24, 20001 event
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: 5161426, 5161427, 5161112, 5161425.