Hail, Hill
- When
- January 5, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, Whitney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -97.330
Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
5 hail, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:34 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hill
- When
- January 5, 8:01 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, 4 mi NW of Whitney
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -97.380
Hail, Johnson
- When
- January 5, 8:51 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Cleburne
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -97.400
Hail, Johnson
- When
- January 5, 9:08 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Joshua
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -97.380
Large hail broke windows out of cars.
Hail, Johnson
- When
- January 5, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Burleson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -97.320
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 5 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Cold in Washington, January 5 to 23, 1998
- Tornadoes in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 5 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 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: 5627847, 5627848, 5627849, 5627850, 5627851.