Hail, King
- When
- May 24, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- King County, 8 mi E of Guthrie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -100.200
Hail in Texas, May 24, 1998
Severe thunderstorms developed during the evening over southern portions of the Rolling Plains. The Stonewall County Sheriff's Office reported several occurrences of golfball- to baseball-sized hail in and near Aspermont and Old Glory.
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
- $90,000
- Events
- 10
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 LUB wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed during the evening over southern portions of the Rolling Plains. The Stonewall County Sheriff's Office reported several occurrences of golfball- to baseball-sized hail in and near Aspermont and Old Glory. Dime- to quarter-sized hail was also reported in King and Kent counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kent
- When
- May 24, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County, Jayton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -100.580
Hail, King
- When
- May 24, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- King County, Guthrie
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -100.330
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 1 mi S of Peacock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -100.400
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 6 mi W of Aspermont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -100.330
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 11 mi SW of Aspermont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 33.030, -100.370
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 5:41 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 3 mi SW of Aspermont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -100.270
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 2 mi S of Aspermont
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -100.230
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 1 mi S of Old Glory
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -100.050
Hail, Stonewall
- When
- May 24, 6:52 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall County, 5 mi NE of Aspermont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -100.170
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Tornado in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 24, 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: 5648119, 5648120, 5648121, 5648122, 5648123, 5648124, 5648125, 5648126, 5648127, 5648128.