Hail, Lavaca
- When
- January 1, 9:20 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, Shiner
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.430, -97.170
Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, January 1 to 2, 1999
Large hail moved into Shiner just after 900 pm CST. It was followed by the fourth small tornado of the day, spotted by a sheriff's deputy just east of Shiner.
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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 EWX wrote it up.
Large hail moved into Shiner just after 900 pm CST. It was followed by the fourth small tornado of the day, spotted by a sheriff's deputy just east of Shiner. The tornado dissipated quickly with no damage indicated. Heavy rain from the Gonzales area had also moved into Lavaca County near 2100CST. General 2 to 3 inch amounts fell, with isolated totals of up to 5 inches in the northern portion of Lavaca County. Brief flash flooding developed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lavaca
- When
- January 1, 9:45 PM CST to 9:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, 5 mi E of Shiner
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.430, -97.080
Flash Flood, Lavaca
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM CST to January 2, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.384, -96.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 1 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 1 to 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 1, 1999
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 1 to 3, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, January 1, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 1, 1999
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 1 to 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 1, 1999
- Dense Fog in California, January 1 to 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 1 to 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 1 to 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1999Warnings in Texas, January 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: 5681986, 5681987, 5681988.