Hail, Glasscock
- When
- May 3, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 4 mi NW of St Lawrence
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -101.550
Hail in Texas, May 3, 1999
These storms formed along an E-W oriented part of the dryline where convergence was maximized. CAPE values in the area were approaching 4000 J/kg.
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
- $5,000
- 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.
These storms formed along an E-W oriented part of the dryline where convergence was maximized. CAPE values in the area were approaching 4000 J/kg. This convection was an isolated outcropping in Texas where a fairly capped air mass existed. As these storms were occurring, a huge tornado outbreak was getting underway in Oklahoma. This same dryline played a part in those storms as well.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:53 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Glasscock
- When
- May 3, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Glasscock County, 3 mi E of Garden City
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -101.450
Hail broke out windows in vehicles on State Highway 158.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 3 to 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3 to 4, 1999
- High Wind in California, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 3, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, May 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 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: 5697001, 5697002.