Thunderstorm Wind, Colorado
- When
- August 3, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Colorado County, 1 mi E of Weimar
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.700, -96.770
Trees blown down and metal shed damaged.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $59,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:14 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wharton
- When
- August 3, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County, El Campo
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.200, -96.280
Trees and powerpoles blown down. Structural damage to mobile homes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 3, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.730, -95.370
Structural damage caused by wind at key map 329R.
Hail, Fort Bend
- When
- August 3, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, 3 mi S of Katy
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -95.800
3/4" hail and 50 mph winds just south of I-10 & Pine Oak.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 3, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Katy
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -95.800
Trees down in Katy (some on roofs). Katy High School sustained $10,000 in damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 3, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Katy
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.800, -95.800
Large limbs blown down along HWY 90.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fort Bend
- When
- August 3, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Fort Bend County, Rosenberg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.550, -95.800
Large limbs down along HWY 36 at Frito Lay Plant.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wharton
- When
- August 3, 6:19 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County, East Bernard
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.530, -96.080
Large limbs blown down.
What these are
- 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.
- 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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- Heat in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 3, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, August 3 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 3 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 3 to 27, 1998
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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: 5664482, 5664485, 5664483, 5664486, 5664484, 5664488, 5664487, 5664489.