Texas, 1998Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 7, 1998
August 7, 1998 · NWS LUB · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $80,000
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Yoakum
- When
- August 7, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County, 2 mi NE of Bronco
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -103.030
The Yoakum County Sheriff's Office, as well as other witnesses, reported a weak tornado just northeast of the community of Bronco (which is west-northwest of Plains). Witnesses reported that it was "large but thin." NWS Doppler radar indicated a fairly strong though very small storm that was nearly stationary (other storms in the area were moving northwest at 15-20 mph). This may have been a landspout-type of tornado. It remained over open pasture and did not cause damage.
Hail, Castro
- When
- August 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Castro County, 8 mi NW of Dimmitt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -102.420
Hail, Parmer
- When
- August 7, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Parmer County, 3 mi S of Friona
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -102.730
An Amarillo TV station storm team reported dime-sized hail northwest of Dimmitt and south of Friona.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flash Flood and Flood in Georgia, August 7 to 14, 19981 injured · $255,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 7, 1998$40,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 7, 19981 injured · $15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Arizona, August 7, 19981 in hail · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 7, 1998$5,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Kentucky, August 7, 19981 event
- Flood in Illinois, August 7, 19981 event
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 7, 19981 event
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 7, 19981 event
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 7, 19981 event
- Tornado in Indiana, August 7, 1998$5,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Hail in Arkansas, August 7, 19980.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 5668400, 5668328, 5668329.