Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1998

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 26, 1998
Start: 1998-05-26T15:20
End: 1998-05-26T16:30
Location: Texas

May 26, 1998 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $350,000
Events: 2

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.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Reeves

When: May 26, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Reeves County, 7 mi S of Saragosa
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 30.920, -103.650

Thunderstorm Wind, Pecos

When: May 26, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Pecos County, 10 mi SW of Ft Stockton
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $350,000
Coordinates: 30.780, -102.980

This cluster of storms formed on the northeastern foothills of the Davis Mountains then moved to the east into southern Reeves then western Pecos Counties. As a storm approached a rural development southwest of Fort Stockton, a bow echo formed that caused scattered damage across the grounds of a prison. Part of a roof was taken off a prison dorm and an interior wall partially collapsed. A section of the site's security fence was taken down as well. The dorm evacuated in favor of a gym for 270 inmates, then these inmates were relocated to other facilities in subsequent days. In a farming area, 1320 acres of cotton was destroyed.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5653052, 5653053.