Hail, Ector
- When
- January 28, 10:45 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Gardendale
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.420
Hail in Texas, January 28, 1999
Widely scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a winter storm system that approached from the west. A few of these storms had small hail, with the one isolated report of golfball size hail.
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.
Widely scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a winter storm system that approached from the west. A few of these storms had small hail, with the one isolated report of golfball size hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 in Texas, January 28, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 28 to 29, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 28 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 28, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Louisiana, January 28 to 30, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5682592.