Texas, 1998

Hail in Texas, February 18, 1998

February 18, 1998 · NWS LUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over the Low Rolling Plains. A television station chase crew reported that a severe thunderstorm produced quarter-sized hail in Cottle County along Highway 62/70 about nine miles west of Paducah near the community of Narcisso.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LUB wrote it up.

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed over the Low Rolling Plains. A television station chase crew reported that a severe thunderstorm produced quarter-sized hail in Cottle County along Highway 62/70 about nine miles west of Paducah near the community of Narcisso.

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:39 UTC.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cottle

When
February 18, 6:39 PM CST
Where
Cottle County, Narcisso
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.000, -100.470

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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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: 5632390.