Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- April 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 5 mi SE of Wellington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -100.150
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
A retreating dryline across the extreme southern Texas panhandle in combination with a strong low pressure system in the upper atmosphere moving northeast across Colorado helped trigger severe thunderstorms during the evening hours over the eastern Texas panhandle. Mainly large hail and high winds occurred from the storms.
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
- 8
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 AMA wrote it up.
A retreating dryline across the extreme southern Texas panhandle in combination with a strong low pressure system in the upper atmosphere moving northeast across Colorado helped trigger severe thunderstorms during the evening hours over the eastern Texas panhandle. Mainly large hail and high winds occurred from the storms.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- April 2, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 2 mi S of Briscoe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -100.280
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 3 mi WNW of Gageby
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -100.380
Hail, Hemphill
- When
- April 2, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hemphill County, 3 mi WNW of Gageby
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -100.380
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- April 2, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, Allison
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -100.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Donley
- When
- April 2, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Donley County, Clarendon
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -100.900
Hail, Gray
- When
- April 2, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County, Lefors
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -100.820
Hail, Collingsworth
- When
- April 2, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Collingsworth County, 4 mi W of Wellington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -100.280
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2 to 13, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 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: 5695884, 5695958, 5695885, 5695963, 5695959, 5695960, 5695962, 5695961.