Hail, Knox
- When
- May 3, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, Benjamin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -99.800
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1999
Scattered thunderstorms brought severe weather to western parts of North Texas during the evening of May 3rd. In addition to reports of large hail, several barns and trees were blown down in Vernon in Wilbarger 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
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Scattered thunderstorms brought severe weather to western parts of North Texas during the evening of May 3rd. In addition to reports of large hail, several barns and trees were blown down in Vernon in Wilbarger County. Also in Wilbarger County, 2.5 miles southwest of Vernon, a metal barn was destroyed, and a house received minor damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 3, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 5 mi SW of Benjamin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -99.870
Hail, Wichita
- When
- May 3, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, Haynesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -98.920
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- May 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, Vernon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.280
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 3, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, Benjamin
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -99.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- May 3, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, Vernon
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.150, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- May 3, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, 3 mi SW of Vernon
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -99.320
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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
- Wildfire in Florida, May 3, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, May 3 to 5, 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: 5705708, 5705709, 5705707, 5705711, 5705710, 5705712, 5705706.