Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- July 8, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Bunavista
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -101.420
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1998
Mainly strong and damaging winds with some large hail accompanied severe thunderstorms which moved across the central Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS AMA wrote it up.
Mainly strong and damaging winds with some large hail accompanied severe thunderstorms which moved across the central Texas panhandle during the early evening hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- July 8, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Bunavista
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -101.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- July 8, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, 3 mi W of Borger
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -101.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- July 8, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Borger
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -101.380
Large tree limbs were reported knocked down.
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- July 8, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Borger
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -101.380
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, July 8 to 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Missouri, July 8 to 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5656707, 5656711, 5656708, 5656709, 5656710.