Hail, Galveston
- When
- July 8, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.470, -95.100
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 8, 1986
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Galveston
- When
- July 8, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Galveston County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -95.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 8, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 30.700, -94.930
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 8, 1986
- Hail in Kansas, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 8, 1986
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10142118, 10142119, 10142120.