Hail, Upton
- When
- May 28, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 3 mi N of Rankin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.270, -101.900
Hail in Texas, May 28, 1999
This cell developed along an W-E boundary over Rankin. The cell split into a cell that drifted slowly to the west and another cell that moved to the northeast into Reagan County.
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
- 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 MAF wrote it up.
This cell developed along an W-E boundary over Rankin. The cell split into a cell that drifted slowly to the west and another cell that moved to the northeast into Reagan County. The first cell dissipated, while the second cell continued northeast across Reagan County, although no other reports were received.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:54 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Reagan
- When
- May 28, 9:33 PM CST
- Where
- Reagan County, 10 mi NNW of Texon
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -101.770
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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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: 5697355, 5697356.