Hail, Borden
- When
- June 7, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Borden County, 12 mi E of Gail
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.770, -101.230
Hail in Texas, June 7, 1996
A hot afternoon with temperatures over 100 degrees for much of the region and dew points in the lower to mid 50s supplied the energy to form brief severe thunderstorms in a weak northwesterly flow. Most of the hail produced was one inch in diameter or less.
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
- 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 MAF wrote it up.
A hot afternoon with temperatures over 100 degrees for much of the region and dew points in the lower to mid 50s supplied the energy to form brief severe thunderstorms in a weak northwesterly flow. Most of the hail produced was one inch in diameter or less.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:27 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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- 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: 5576677.