Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- April 21, 1:45 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger forecast zone
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996
Severe thunderstorms formed during the afternoon along a low pressure trough moving eastward out of the Texas panhandle and a warmfront moving northward toward the Red River. Hail as large as baseballs was reported with these storms in Seymour and Mabelle in Baylor County and at Lake Kickapoo in Archer County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 5
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 OUN wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms formed during the afternoon along a low pressure trough moving eastward out of the Texas panhandle and a warmfront moving northward toward the Red River. Hail as large as baseballs was reported with these storms in Seymour and Mabelle in Baylor County and at Lake Kickapoo in Archer County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wichita
- When
- April 21, 1:45 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Baylor
- When
- April 21, 1:45 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor forecast zone
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Archer
- When
- April 21, 1:45 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Archer forecast zone
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Clay
- When
- April 21, 1:45 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
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- Hail in Kansas, April 21, 1996
- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
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- Tornado in Oklahoma, April 21, 1996
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- Hail in Texas, April 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 21, 1996
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: 5560929, 5560930, 5560931, 5560932, 5560933.