Hail, Llano
- When
- April 8, 2:20 AM CST to 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Llano County, Llano
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -98.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
As severe thunderstorms moved eastward from the Texas Hill Country, sporadic bursts of high winds damaged trees and homes in the multi-county area. At times, the downbursts were accompanied by brief periods of hail.
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
- $125,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 EWX wrote it up.
As severe thunderstorms moved eastward from the Texas Hill Country, sporadic bursts of high winds damaged trees and homes in the multi-county area. At times, the downbursts were accompanied by brief periods of hail. In general, windspeeds were estimated at well over 60 mph.
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:19 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Llano
- When
- April 8, 2:25 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Llano County, Llano
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -98.670
Hail, Llano
- When
- April 8, 2:42 AM CST to 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Llano County, Kingsland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -98.420
Hail, Burnet
- When
- April 8, 2:42 AM CST to 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Buchanan Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.820, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Burnet
- When
- April 8, 2:42 AM CST to 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Buchanan Lake
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 30.820, -98.230
Hail, Burnet
- When
- April 8, 2:42 AM CST to 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Bertram
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -98.050
Hail, Williamson
- When
- April 8, 3:00 AM CST to 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Jarrell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.820, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- April 8, 3:00 AM CST to 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Jarrell
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 30.820, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Gillespie
- When
- April 8, 3:15 AM CST to 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Gillespie County, Fredericksburg
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.870
Hail, Blanco
- When
- April 8, 3:27 AM CST to 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Blanco County, Johnson City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -98.400
Tornado, Hays
- When
- April 8, 3:40 AM CST to 3:41 AM CST
- Where
- Hays County, Wimberley to 6 mi N of Wimberley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -98.050
Tornado, Hays
- When
- April 8, 3:57 AM CST to 3:59 AM CST
- Where
- Hays County, Wimberley to 10 mi NE of Wimberley
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 30.100, -97.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- April 8, 4:10 AM CST to 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Creedmoor
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 30.080, -97.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1998Warnings in Texas, April 1998
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: 5638431, 5638432, 5638433, 5638434, 5638435, 5638436, 5638437, 5638438, 5638439, 5638440, 5638441, 5638442, 5638443.