Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 26, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 2 mi WSW of Adrian
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -102.720
Hail in Texas, May 26, 1999
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere moving east out of New Mexico triggered some severe thunderstorms with hail across the western and northern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.
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
- None recorded
- 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 AMA wrote it up.
A low pressure system in the upper atmosphere moving east out of New Mexico triggered some severe thunderstorms with hail across the western and northern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oldham
- When
- May 26, 5:07 PM CST
- Where
- Oldham County, 13 mi WSW of Adrian
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -102.900
Hail, Sherman
- When
- May 26, 6:09 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, 2 mi S of Lautz
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -102.030
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 26, 1999
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- Hail in Texas, May 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 26 to 27, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 26, 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: 5698471, 5698472, 5698473.