Hail, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 8:15 PM CST to 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Poteet
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.030, -98.580
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, February 18, 1998
2 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:15 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 8:15 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Due to general rainfall of between 3 and 4 inches, flash flooding developed over numerous county roads, continuing almost until midnight.
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 8:55 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Charlotte
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.870, -98.700
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, February 18, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 18 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, February 18, 1998
- High Wind in Vermont, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, February 18, 1998
- Hail in Texas, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 18, 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: 5631615, 5631616, 5631617.