Texas, 1998

Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 25, 1998

February 25, 1998 · NWS EWX · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

A small tornado developed in a supercell thunderstorm just northwest of Devine and moved eastward around 1 mile before dissipating. The same thunderstorm continued eastward, moving over Lytle in Atascosa County, before producing a second tornado just northeast of Lytle along the Bexar-Atascosa County line.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$60,000
Events
6

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 EWX wrote it up.

A small tornado developed in a supercell thunderstorm just northwest of Devine and moved eastward around 1 mile before dissipating. The same thunderstorm continued eastward, moving over Lytle in Atascosa County, before producing a second tornado just northeast of Lytle along the Bexar-Atascosa County line. This second tornado destroyed a mobile home, then moved into open terrain and dissipated.

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Event by event

3 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Val Verde

When
February 25, 8:30 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
Where
Val Verde County, Del Rio
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
29.370, -100.900

Hail, Zavala

When
February 25, 8:50 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where
Zavala County, 10 mi N of Crystal City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Crop damage
$50,000
Coordinates
28.830, -99.820

Hail driven by winds of 30 to 40 knots destroyed around 350 acres of onions and cabbage.

Tornado, Medina

When
February 25, 9:00 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
Where
Medina County, Natalia to 2 mi N of Natalia
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
200 yd
Crop damage
$5,000
Coordinates
29.200, -98.880

Hail, Medina

When
February 25, 9:07 PM CST to 9:15 PM CST
Where
Medina County, Devine
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
29.150, -98.920

Tornado, Atascosa

When
February 25, 9:20 PM CST to 9:23 PM CST
Where
Atascosa County, Lytle to 1 mi NE of Lytle
Rating
F1
Path length
1.5 mi
Path width
300 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
$2,000
Coordinates
29.250, -98.800

Tornado, Bexar

When
February 25, 9:23 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
Where
Bexar County, Somerset to 6 mi W of Somerset
Rating
F1
Path length
1 mi
Path width
300 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
$3,000
Coordinates
29.220, -98.750

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5629535, 5629536, 5629537, 5629538, 5629539, 5629540.