Tornado, Hardin
- When
- October 18, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Hardin County, Sour Lake
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.130, -94.400
Tornado in Texas, October 18, 1998
A small tornado touched down in Sour Lake, destroying a dugout at the ball field and blowing down some trees. Reported by the Hardin County Sheriff Department.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 LCH wrote it up.
A small tornado touched down in Sour Lake, destroying a dugout at the ball field and blowing down some trees. Reported by the Hardin County Sheriff Department.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:21 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5669992.