Hail, Reagan
- When
- March 6, 9:48 PM CST
- Where
- Reagan County, Big Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -101.470
A thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail at Big Lake with hail in 4-6 inch drifts about 4 miles south of town.
Hail in Texas, March 6, 1998
This event was largely elevated convection that blossomed as an upper-level speed max entered the area in a southwesterly flow.
Where it happened
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- 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.
This event was largely elevated convection that blossomed as an upper-level speed max entered the area in a southwesterly flow.
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 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
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 6 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Frost and Freeze in California, March 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in Arizona, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 6 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 6 to 7, 1998
More
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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: 5639511.