Hail, Terrell
- When
- October 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County, 28 mi NNE of Dryden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -101.930
Hail in Texas, October 5, 1998
During the late afternoon, elevated thunderstorms developed north of a slow moving cold front and tracked off to the northeast. These storms produced several reports of small hail.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
During the late afternoon, elevated thunderstorms developed north of a slow moving cold front and tracked off to the northeast. These storms produced several reports of small hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Terrell
- When
- October 5, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Terrell County, Sanderson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.150, -102.400
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 5, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, October 5, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Blizzard in Wyoming, October 5, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5671081, 5671150.