Hail, Jones
- When
- June 7, 12:43 AM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 5 mi N of Hawley
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -99.830
Hail in Texas, June 7, 1996
An intense hailstorm caused power outages and left waves of hailstones on the ground.
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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 SJT wrote it up.
An intense hailstorm caused power outages and left waves of hailstones on the ground.
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:42 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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- Flash Flood in Texas, June 7, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 7, 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: 5552331.