Hail in Texas, July 12, 1998

Name: Hail in Texas, July 12, 1998
Start: 1998-07-12T17:45
End: 1998-07-12T17:45
Location: Texas

July 12, 1998 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wood

When: July 12, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Wood County, 5 mi W of Quitman
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.800, -95.520

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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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: 5657721.