Hail, Falls
- When
- May 9, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Falls County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.380, -96.820
Hail in Texas, May 9, 1988
16 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
16 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Limestone
- When
- May 9, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.530, -96.520
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 9, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.620, -96.280
Hail, Freestone
- When
- May 9, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Freestone County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -96.070
Hail, McLennan
- When
- May 9, 7:59 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -97.150
Hail, McLennan
- When
- May 9, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- McLennan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -97.350
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 9, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -95.750
Hail, Anderson
- When
- May 9, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -95.500
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 9, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -95.450
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- May 9, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.100, -95.450
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 9, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -95.330
Hail, Smith
- When
- May 9, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.230, -95.180
Hail, Rusk
- When
- May 9, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.270, -94.850
Hail, Gregg
- When
- May 9, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -94.580
Hail, Panola
- When
- May 9, 10:58 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -94.200
Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 9, 10:59 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -94.330
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
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 9, 1988
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 9, 1988
More
Every storm in Texas in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1988
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: 10138879, 10138880, 10138881, 10138882, 10138883, 10138884, 10138885, 10138886, 10138887, 10138888, 10138889, 10138890, 10138891, 10143502, 10143503, 10143504.