Hail, Baylor
- When
- May 15, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, 4 mi WSW of Red Spgs
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.600, -99.480
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1999
Severe thunderstorms formed over portions of western north Texas during the evening of the 15th, resulting in many occurrences of large hail. House windows were broken by large hail in Baylor County at a residence 4 miles west-southwest of Red Springs, and at a residence 1 mile east of Red Springs.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 OUN wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms formed over portions of western north Texas during the evening of the 15th, resulting in many occurrences of large hail. House windows were broken by large hail in Baylor County at a residence 4 miles west-southwest of Red Springs, and at a residence 1 mile east of Red Springs. Flooding was reported on portions of Highway 82, where water up to 1 feet deep overlapped the Baylor/Knox County line.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Baylor
- When
- May 15, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, 1 mi E of Red Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -99.400
Hail, Baylor
- When
- May 15, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, 1 mi E of Red Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -99.400
Hail, Baylor
- When
- May 15, 5:41 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, 1 mi E of Red Spgs
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -99.400
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 15, 5:47 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, Munday
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -99.620
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 15, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, Grayback
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -99.170
Hail, Baylor
- When
- May 15, 6:00 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, 1 mi E of Red Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -99.400
Hail occasionally up the size of golf balls fell at the same house for 30 minutes.
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 15, 6:29 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, Rhineland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -99.650
Hail, Foard
- When
- May 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Foard County, 8 mi SE of Crowell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -99.620
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 6 mi N of Goree
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -99.520
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 15, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 4 mi E of Vera
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -99.500
Flash Flood, Baylor
- When
- May 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, 3 mi W of Red Spgs
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Knox
- When
- May 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 5 mi E of Vera
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.606, -99.741 (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: 5705468, 5705458, 5705457, 5705456, 5705459, 5705460, 5705462, 5705461, 5705463, 5705464, 5705465, 5705466, 5705467.