Hail, Frio
- When
- February 12, 4:33 PM CST to 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Dilley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.670, -99.170
Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $150,000
- Events
- 2
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Zavala
- When
- February 12, 5:15 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Zavala County, Batesville to 2 mi SE of Batesville
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 28.980, -99.620
Hail was piled up to 5 inches deep and destroyed 4500 acres of onions.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strikes in New York, February 12, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 17, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 12 to 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, February 12 to 23, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, February 12, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 12, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in California, February 12, 1998
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: 5631485, 5631486.