Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 12, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, 6 mi NW of Lamesa
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -102.020
A hailstorm hit a cotton field and destroyed over 300 acres of the crop.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 12, 1998
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $80,000
- 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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dawson
- When
- July 12, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, 6 mi NW of Lamesa
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -102.020
The same storm that hailed on the cotton took the roof off a barn and knocked down 6 utility poles.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scurry
- When
- July 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, 3 mi NW of Snyder
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -100.930
Winds from a downbursting thunderstorm took a large metal roof off a barn and also ripped the roof off a mobile home.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5671984, 5671985, 5666948.