Hail, Hale
- When
- March 7, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Hale County, Plainview
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -101.700
Nickel-size hail was reported in Plainview by the Police Department.
Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 7 to 27, 1998
2 hail, 2 high wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Lubbock radar (KLBB), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:34 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 high wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Swisher
- When
- March 18, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, Tulia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.770
The NWS co-operative observer in Tulia reported nickel-size hail at 1520CST.
Tornado, Swisher
- When
- March 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County, 8 mi E of Kress
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -101.620
A brief weak tornado was reported east of Kress at 1600CST by Amarillo TV station chase team.
High Wind, Hale
- When
- March 27, 12:44 PM CST
- Where
- Hale forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.071, -101.827 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High winds gusted to 51 knots (59 mph) at Lubbock International Airport at 1244 CST. The high winds blew down road signs near the airport, and also blew over signs and a tractor-trailor in southern Hale County.
High Wind, Lubbock
- When
- March 27, 12:44 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 33.610, -101.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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 historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1998Warnings 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: 5643306, 5643303, 5643307, 5643304, 5643305.