Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, Brady
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -99.330
Tornado and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
9 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, Melvin
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -99.580
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 4 mi W of Brady
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -99.400
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 3 mi N of Brady
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -99.330
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 3 mi W of Brady
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -99.380
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, Brady
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -99.330
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, Brady
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.130, -99.330
Extensive hail damage to windows and vehicles in Brady
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- January 5, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, Rochelle
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -99.220
Hail, San Saba
- When
- January 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County, 4 mi NE of San Saba
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.230, -98.680
Tornado, San Saba
- When
- January 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County, 7 mi NE of San Saba
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 15 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -98.650
A small shed was destroyed
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.
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
- Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1998Warnings 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: 5627929, 5627930, 5627931, 5627932, 5627933, 5627934, 5627935, 5627936, 5627937, 5627938.