Hail, Frio
- When
- February 18, 5:00 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Frio County, Big Foot
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.050, -98.880
Hail in Texas, February 18, 1998
8 hail, 2 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 5:40 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Jourdanton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.920, -98.530
Hail, Wilson
- When
- February 18, 5:45 PM CST to 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, Poth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.080, -98.100
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 5:50 PM CST to 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Campbellton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.750, -98.300
Funnel Cloud, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 6:15 PM CST to 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, 5 mi N of Campbellton
- Coordinates
- 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, Wilson
- When
- February 18, 6:15 PM CST to 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, Poth
- Coordinates
- 29.174, -98.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Llano
- When
- February 18, 6:15 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Llano County, 8 mi NW of Llano
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.830, -98.770
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- February 18, 6:38 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, 3 mi E of Campbellton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.750, -98.250
Hail, Karnes
- When
- February 18, 7:00 PM CST to 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Karnes County, Karnes City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -97.880
Hail, Karnes
- When
- February 18, 7:30 PM CST to 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Karnes County, 1 mi W of Karnes City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 28.880, -97.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
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
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, February 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 18, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, 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: 5631494, 5631495, 5631499, 5631496, 5631497, 5631609, 5631610, 5631498, 5631611, 5631612.