Hail, Ochiltree
- When
- March 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ochiltree County, 5 mi S of Perryton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -100.800
Hail in Texas, March 30, 1998
A severe thunderstorm over the northeast Texas Panhandle produced large hail which covered the ground one inch deep as reported by the Ochiltree county sheriff's office.
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 AMA wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm over the northeast Texas Panhandle produced large hail which covered the ground one inch deep as reported by the Ochiltree county sheriff's office.
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in New York, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, March 30 to 31, 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: 5639578.