Hail, Kerr
- When
- May 11, 7:55 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County, 8 mi W of Mountain Home
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 30.170, -99.500
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 11, 1999
Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches was reported over the county, with isolated totals up to 4 inches.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches was reported over the county, with isolated totals up to 4 inches. Low water crossings were flooded just prior to midnight
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:57 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kerr
- When
- May 11, 8:40 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County, Kerrville to 15 mi of Kerrville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -99.130
Flash Flood, Kerr
- When
- May 11, 9:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kerr County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.062, -99.350 (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.
- 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
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More
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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: 5695757, 5695758, 5695759.