Hail, Wharton
- When
- June 20, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County, Egypt
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- $5.0 million
- Coordinates
- 29.400, -96.250
Hail in Texas, June 20, 1996
Grapefruit sized hail fell in Egypt. 30-40% of homes with significant damage to roofs and windows.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- $5.0 million
- 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 HGX wrote it up.
Grapefruit sized hail fell in Egypt. 30-40% of homes with significant damage to roofs and windows. Trees snapped and many cars totalled. Significant agriculture loss (1000 acres sorgham, 2000 acres corn, and 1000 acres soybeans destroyed).
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:38 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1996
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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: 5560657.