Hail, Sterling
- When
- May 30, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sterling County, 10 mi W of Sterling City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -101.170
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 30, 1999
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced very large hail across the Big Country during the evening of the 30th. One storm that developed near Colorado City tracked along Interstate-20, dropping golf ball to baseball size hail.
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
- 11
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.
Scattered severe thunderstorms produced very large hail across the Big Country during the evening of the 30th. One storm that developed near Colorado City tracked along Interstate-20, dropping golf ball to baseball size hail. The city of Sweetwater took the brunt of the storm, where the large hail combined with 60 mph winds to break windows and car windshields across the city. A second storm that developed across southern Haskell County produced baseball size hail in the community of Stamford.
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 30, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Loraine
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -100.720
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 30, 7:09 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Loraine
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -100.720
Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 30, 7:24 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Roscoe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.430, -100.530
Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 30, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -100.400
Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 30, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -100.400
Hail up to the size of baseballs broke windshields out as it fell along Interstate-20.
Thunderstorm Wind, Nolan
- When
- May 30, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -100.400
Winds up to 60 mph.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- May 30, 8:16 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Trent
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.480, -100.130
Baseball size hail.
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 30, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 5 mi S of Noodle
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.530, -100.050
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 30, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, Stamford
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -99.780
Baseball size hail.
Hail, Haskell
- When
- May 30, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Stamford
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -99.780
Baseball size hail fell in the town of Stamford, along the Jones and Haskell County line.
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.
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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: 5700819, 5700820, 5700821, 5700822, 5700823, 5700824, 5700825, 5700826, 5700827, 5700828, 5700899.