Hail, Llano
- When
- March 12, 4:10 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Llano County, 2 mi NE of Tow
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.900, -98.450
Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1999
Heavy rain was reported in Marble Falls, followed by large hail just in advance of a small and short-lived tornado. The tornado was observed by an Amateur Radio spotter just east of the town of Marble Falls itself.
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
- $700,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Heavy rain was reported in Marble Falls, followed by large hail just in advance of a small and short-lived tornado. The tornado was observed by an Amateur Radio spotter just east of the town of Marble Falls itself. After the tornado had dissipated, a second severe thunderstorm moved across the Marble Falls area, producing grapefruit-sized hail. The hail damaged over 300 homes and more than 500 cars. Damage totals were estimated to be near $700,000.
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Burnet
- When
- March 12, 5:15 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Marble Falls
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -98.270
Tornado, Burnet
- When
- March 12, 5:40 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Marble Falls to 1 mi E of Marble Falls
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -98.250
Hail, Burnet
- When
- March 12, 5:57 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Burnet County, Marble Falls to 3 mi E of Marble Falls
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $700,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 30.570, -98.320
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, March 12, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 12 to 13, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 12, 1999
- High Wind and Cold in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1999Warnings in Texas, March 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: 5689760, 5689761, 5689762, 5689763.