Hail, Trinity
- When
- March 7, 8:12 AM CST
- Where
- Trinity County, Trinity
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 30.930, -95.380
Hail in Texas, March 7, 1998
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:12 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- March 7, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 3 mi SE of Morales
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 29.100, -96.730
Hail, Wharton
- When
- March 7, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Wharton County, El Campo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 29.200, -96.280
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
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 7 to 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 7, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 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: 5634408, 5634409, 5634410.