Hail, Burnet
- When
- May 1, 3:00 PM CST to 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, 2 mi N of Buchanan Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.850, -98.230
Hail in Texas, May 1, 1998
5 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
- None recorded
- 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 Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Williamson
- When
- May 1, 3:25 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Cedar Park
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -97.820
Hail, Travis
- When
- May 1, 3:40 PM CST to 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Austin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -97.750
Hail, Travis
- When
- May 1, 4:00 PM CST to 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, 4 mi S of Austin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.230, -97.750
Hail, Williamson
- When
- May 1, 4:10 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, 5 mi SE of Cedar Park
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.450, -97.750
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
- High Wind in Alabama, May 1, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, May 1 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, May 1 to 15, 1998
- Hail in North Carolina, May 1, 1998
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, May 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 1, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 1 to 2, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 20, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, May 1 to 16, 1998
- Hail in Georgia, May 1, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5637716, 5637717, 5637719, 5637720, 5637718.