Hail, Kent
- When
- January 4, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County, Clairemont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -100.750
Hail in Texas, January 4, 1998
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed over the southern portions of the Rolling Plains. These produced dime to half dollar-sized hail in Clairemont, near Jayton, in Aspermont, and near Old Glory.
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
- 4
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.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed over the southern portions of the Rolling Plains. These produced dime to half dollar-sized hail in Clairemont, near Jayton, in Aspermont, and near Old Glory.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kent
- When
- January 4, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County, 2 mi W of Jayton
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -100.620
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- January 4, 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, Old Glory
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.130, -100.050
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- January 4, 8:42 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, Aspermont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -100.230
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
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, January 4 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 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: 5633562, 5633563, 5633564, 5633561.