Storm reports for March 21, 2000

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On March 21, 2000, 26 hail, 5 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Val Verde County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (26)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $491,000 in property damage and $80,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (35 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ward County, TX (near Wickett) · Tornado F0 · $300,000
  “A supercell storm moving to the northeast spawned a weak tornado that moved straight north through the heart of Wickett. With the weak nature of the tornado and lack of targets outside of the city, the exact starting and ending points of the tornado could not be determined.Damage included one…”
• Val Verde County, TX (near Del Rio) · Tornado F1 · $50,000
  “A small tornado was produced by a supercell storm that had formed in Mexico and moved northeastward into the U.S. The tornado destroyed a small barn, overturned trailers and killed several cattle. The report was made simultaneously by a rancher and a park ranger.”
• Lubbock County, TX (near Lubbock) · Hail 1.75″ · $45,000
  “Golfball size hail was reported at the intersection of 34th Street and University Avenue.”
• Martin County, TX (near Tarzan) · Thunderstorm wind · $40,000
  “Thunderstorm outflow winds damaged farm equipment.”
• Lubbock County, TX (near Lubbock) · Hail 1.75″ · $15,000
  “Golfball size hail was reported at the intersection of 4th Street and Frankford Avenue.”
• Ector County, TX (near Goldsmith) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “The Wickett supercell storm occluded then spawned another strong mesocylone. What was believed to have been a weak tornado formed in western Ector County and knocked down two sets of utility poles.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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