Hail, Jim Hogg
- When
- May 12, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Hogg County, 16 mi S of Hebbronville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.080, -98.680
Hail in Texas, May 12, 1997
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 4
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.
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jim Hogg
- When
- May 12, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Hogg County, 30 mi S of Hebbronville
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.880, -98.680
Hail, Starr
- When
- May 12, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Starr County, 10 mi SW of La Gloria
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.620, -98.630
Hail, Starr
- When
- May 12, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Starr County, Rincon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.520, -98.580
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
- Tornado in Florida, May 12, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Dust Storm in Oregon, May 12 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 12, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 12, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, May 12, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, May 12, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, May 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 12, 1997
- Lightning Strike in California, May 12, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1997
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: 5604809, 5604810, 5604811, 5604812.