Hail, Callahan
- When
- October 6, 12:34 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, 1.75 mi E of Dudley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -99.570
Hail in Texas, October 6, 2009
A cold front interacted with a moderately sheared, warm and moist, and unstable environment to produce isolated severe thunderstorms. These storms produced a few hail reports across the Big Country.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 cold front interacted with a moderately sheared, warm and moist, and unstable environment to produce isolated severe thunderstorms. These storms produced a few hail reports across the Big Country.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:33 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- October 6, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 2.71 mi ESE of Wylie
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 32.360, -99.730
Hail, Callahan
- When
- October 6, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, Clyde
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -99.500
A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in Clyde.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, October 6, 2009
- Lightning Strikes in Kentucky, October 6, 2009
- Lightning Strikes in Arkansas, October 6, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, October 6, 2009
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, October 6, 2009
- Marine High Wind in Lake Michigan, October 6 to 7, 2009
- High Wind in Michigan, October 6 to 7, 2009
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 6, 2009
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 6, 2009
- High Wind in Alaska, October 6, 2009
- Strong Wind in Illinois, October 6 to 7, 2009
- Marine High Wind in Lake Michigan, October 6 to 7, 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 200065, 200068, 200069.