Hail, Dickens
- When
- June 9, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens County, 19 mi E of Dickens
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -100.500
Hail in Texas, June 9, 1998
An NWS co-op observer reported golfball-sized hail in extreme eastern Dickens County. The storm moved east and caused golfball-sized hail north of Guthrie, too.
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
- 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.
An NWS co-op observer reported golfball-sized hail in extreme eastern Dickens County. The storm moved east and caused golfball-sized hail north of Guthrie, too.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, King
- When
- June 9, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- King County, 8 mi NNW of Guthrie
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -100.380
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Iowa, June 9 to 30, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, June 9, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 9, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Utah, June 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 9, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, June 9, 1998
- Flood in Kentucky, June 9 to 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 9, 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: 5654662, 5654663.