Tornado, Montague
- When
- June 18, 8:57 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, Nocona
- Rating
- F0
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -97.750
A brief tornado was reported near Nocona. No damage was reported.
Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 18 to 19, 1998
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front over northern portions of north Texas.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front over northern portions of north Texas.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montague
- When
- June 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, Nocona
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -97.750
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
Hail, Montague
- When
- June 18, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, Montague
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -97.720
Hail, Cooke
- When
- June 18, 9:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, Gainesville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Cooke
- When
- June 18, 9:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, Gainesville
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.150
Hail, Cooke
- When
- June 18, 9:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, 8 mi E of Marysville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -97.200
Large hail was reported at Hubert H. Moss Lake.
Hail, Cooke
- When
- June 18, 10:03 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, Gainesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -97.150
Hail, Cooke
- When
- June 18, 10:13 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, Callisburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -97.020
Hail, Cooke
- When
- June 18, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cooke County, 5 mi SE of Valley View
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -97.100
Large hail was reported at Lake Ray Roberts.
Thunderstorm Wind, Denton
- When
- June 19, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Denton County, Corinth
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -97.070
Wind damage was reported at a mobile home park. No dollar estimate of damage was reported.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flood in Maine, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, June 18, 1998
More
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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: 5655623, 5655624, 5655625, 5655626, 5655627, 5655628, 5655629, 5655630, 5655631, 5655632.