Hail, Glasscock
- When
- March 17, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, St Lawrence
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -101.500
Hail in Texas, March 17, 1998
A cold core upper level trough moved through the region with a 500 mb temperature of -21C at KMAF.
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
- 1
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 MAF wrote it up.
A cold core upper level trough moved through the region with a 500 mb temperature of -21C at KMAF.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Ice Storm in Iowa, March 17, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, March 17, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 17 to 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 17 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 17, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 17 to 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 17 to 18, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1998
- Hail in New Mexico, March 17, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, March 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 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: 5639514.