Hail, Jones
- When
- May 15, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 2 mi S of Hamlin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -100.130
Golf ball size hail cracked a car windshield just north of Hamlin.
Hail in Texas, May 15, 1999
An isolated severe thunderstorm dropped large hail across the northern Big Country as it moved from from near Hamlin northward to near Haskell. Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in northern Jones County.
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
- 2
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 SJT wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm dropped large hail across the northern Big Country as it moved from from near Hamlin northward to near Haskell. Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in northern Jones County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 15, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, 2 mi W of Haskell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -99.780
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
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- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 15, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 15 to 21, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, May 15, 1999
- Cold in California, May 15 to 16, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Texas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5700653, 5700654.