Hail, Zapata
- When
- February 21, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Zapata County, 16 mi NE of Zapata
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.070, -99.050
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1998
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jim Hogg
- When
- February 21, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Hogg County, 4 mi SW of Hebbronville
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 27.280, -98.730
Barn damaged by wind.
Hail, Jim Hogg
- When
- February 21, 4:24 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Hogg County, Guerra
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.880, -98.880
Hail, Jim Hogg
- When
- February 21, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Hogg County, 16 mi S of Hebbronville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 27.080, -98.680
Hail, Starr
- When
- February 21, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Starr County, Rio Grande City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.380, -98.820
Hail, Brooks
- When
- February 21, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brooks County, Encino
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.930, -98.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Hidalgo
- When
- February 21, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo County, Mission
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 26.220, -98.320
Extensive tree damage.
Hail, Cameron
- When
- February 21, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron County, San Benito
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 26.130, -97.630
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 21 to 27, 1998
- Cold in South Carolina, February 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 21, 1998
- Flooding in California, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21 to 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21, 1998
- Flood in Michigan, February 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, February 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 1998
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: 5630735, 5630736, 5630737, 5630738, 5630740, 5630743, 5630741, 5630742.