Hail, Mitchell
- When
- June 7, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Westbrook
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.350, -101.020
Hail in Texas, June 7, 1998
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced dime to golf ball size hail across the Big Country.
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 SJT wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced dime to golf ball size hail across the Big Country.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fisher
- When
- June 7, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Fisher County, 4 mi S of Roby
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.700, -100.380
Hail, Jones
- When
- June 7, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, Hamlin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -100.130
Hail, Jones
- When
- June 7, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, Hamlin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -100.130
Hail, Shackelford
- When
- June 7, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County, Albany
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -99.300
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 7, 1998
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 7 to 8, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, June 7, 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: 5653492, 5653493, 5653494, 5653495, 5653496.