Hail, Garza
- When
- June 7, 1:30 AM CST to 1:32 AM CST
- Where
- Garza County, 1 mi E of Post
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -101.370
Hail in Texas, June 7, 1996
The Garza County Sheriffs Office reported golfball-size hail near Post at 0130 CST.
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
- 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 LUB wrote it up.
The Garza County Sheriffs Office reported golfball-size hail near Post at 0130 CST.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:27 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
- Hail 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
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: 5579780.