Hail, Randall
- When
- January 3, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 1 mi NW of Canyon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -101.930
Reported at Hunsley Hills in northwest Canyon.
Hail in Texas, January 3, 1998
Thunderstorms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours and became severe just south of Amarillo. These storms produced only dime size hail as they moved northeast.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 AMA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours and became severe just south of Amarillo. These storms produced only dime size hail as they moved northeast.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Randall
- When
- January 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Randall County, 4 mi SW of Amarillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -101.870
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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The same day elsewhere
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- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 3 to 4, 1998
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- Winter Storm in Washington, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Connecticut, January 3, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, January 3, 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: 5629815, 5629816.