Hail, Gaines
- When
- April 12, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, Seminole
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -102.650
The extreme eastern cell of a multicell cluster that moved northeast out of New Mexico.
Hail in Texas, April 12, 1999
Most deep convection on this day started in a mountain range. The big storms that pounded the Big Bend formed in Chihuahua and crossed into southern Brewster County.
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
- 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 MAF wrote it up.
Most deep convection on this day started in a mountain range. The big storms that pounded the Big Bend formed in Chihuahua and crossed into southern Brewster County. The only storm that appeared to be a supercell was the one that tracked straight east across Big Bend National Park.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 12, 1999
- High Wind in Virginia, April 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 12, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, April 12, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in California, April 12, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 12, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 12, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 12, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, April 12, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 1999
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: 5693944.