Hail, Lubbock
- When
- June 22, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 10 mi W of Lubbock
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -102.020
Hail in Texas, June 22, 1998
Spotters reported up to golfball-sized hail at Reese Center (the former Reese Air Force Base), about 10 miles west of Lubbock. Dime-sized hail was reported at Lubbock International Airport at 2006 CST.
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
- 2
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 LUB wrote it up.
Spotters reported up to golfball-sized hail at Reese Center (the former Reese Air Force Base), about 10 miles west of Lubbock. Dime-sized hail was reported at Lubbock International Airport at 2006 CST. No damages were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- June 22, 8:06 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, Lubbock Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -101.820
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
- Heat in Kentucky, June 22 to 29, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 22 to 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 22, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 22, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 22, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5654667, 5654668.