Hail, Upshur
- When
- January 6, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Upshur County, Union Grove
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 32.570, -94.930
Baseball size hail broke numerous windows at the Union Grove School and damaged the roof.
Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
3 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Shreveport radar (KSHV), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:57 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gregg
- When
- January 6, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Gregg County, White Oak
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -94.870
Softball size hail.
Hail, Gregg
- When
- January 6, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Gregg County, Longview
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -94.730
Nickel to golfball size hail west side of Longview reported by off duty NWS employee.
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 in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 6 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 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: 5627363, 5627364, 5627365.