Hail, Val Verde
- When
- April 24, 10:55 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Del Rio
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -100.900
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1999
1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $3,000
- 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.
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:53 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Val Verde
- When
- April 24, 11:00 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Del Rio
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Brief street flooding was reported by Del Rio Police Department across the city due to 3 inch rainfall in just over 2 hours.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 24, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 24, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, April 24, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, April 24, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 24, 1999
- Hail in Mississippi, April 24, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 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: 5686383, 5686384.