Hail, Wheeler
- When
- October 15, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 4.81 mi NE of Briscoe
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -100.210
Hail in Texas, October 15, 2022
Warm moist air collided with a surface boundary creating lift and the moisture helped create an unstable environment. A supercell formed in Wheeler County and produced hail up to an inch and a half in diameter on the evening of October 15th.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 AMA wrote it up.
Warm moist air collided with a surface boundary creating lift and the moisture helped create an unstable environment. A supercell formed in Wheeler County and produced hail up to an inch and a half in diameter on the evening of October 15th. All other thunderstorm activity remained along this boundary but to the east in western Oklahoma.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1060152.