Hail, Terry
- When
- April 4, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, Wellman
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -102.433
Hail in Texas, April 4, 2001
12 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- $60,000
- Events
- 12
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 4, 8:10 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 8:10 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 910 PM CDT WED APR 4 2001 ZONES UPDATED TO ADD MENITON OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS. DRYLINE CONTINUES TO RETREAT WESTWARD THIS EVENING AND NOW NEARLY TO THE TEXAS/NEW MEXICO STATE LINE. DEW POINTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND NOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S OVER THE AREA. THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE...SEE SPC SWODY1 BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTION OF SEVERE AT THIS TIME...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TREND. HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED WIND DIRECTION IN A FEW AREAS AS DIRECTION HAS BECOME MORE SOUTHEAST. UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAS)T THIS EVENING AND MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY. .LUB...NONE. XI
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hockley
- When
- April 4, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County, 2 mi E of Smyer
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -102.133
Hail, Hockley
- When
- April 4, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County, Smyer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -102.167
Hail, Hockley
- When
- April 4, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County, Smyer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.583, -102.167
Hail, Hockley
- When
- April 4, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County, Ropesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.417, -102.150
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 4, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, Meadow
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.333, -102.200
Golfball size hail was reported in town by law enforcement officials.
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- April 4, 9:13 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, Reese Afb
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -102.050
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- April 4, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, Shallowater
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.683, -101.983
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 4, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County, 3 mi NE of Union
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.067, -102.200
Golfball size hail was reported by law enforcement officials.
Hail, Hale
- When
- April 4, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County, 5 mi N of Hale Center
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.133, -101.833
Hail, Hale
- When
- April 4, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County, 3 mi SW of Plainview
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.167, -101.733
Hail, Hale
- When
- April 4, 11:18 PM CST
- Where
- Hale County, 5 mi W of Plainview
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -101.783
A storm chaser reported hen egg size hail at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1424 and Farm-to-Market Road 1071.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5239317, 5239325, 5239326, 5239315, 5239316, 5239318, 5239319, 5239320, 5239321, 5239322, 5239323, 5239324.