Hail, Hockley
- When
- September 15, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley County, Anton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -102.170
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, September 15, 1999
9 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $4.8 million
- Events
- 10
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- September 15, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, Lubbock
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -101.850
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- September 15, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 1 mi S of Wolfforth
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -102.020
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the southwestern Panhandle and the western South Plains during the late afternoon of the 15th. The atmospheric conditions, specifically modest instability but strong wind shear, supported the development of several supercell thunderstorms. A few of these storms occurred over open country in Lamb, Bailey and Yoakum Counties. The strongest and longest-lived supercell that formed that afternoon moved from near Wolfforth in southwestern Lubbock County into western Garza County. Large hail, bigger than the size of golfballs at times, produced a damage swath to crops several miles wide from near Wolfforth to near Wilson. The largest hail occurred just north of Wayside in northern Lynn County, where cotton crops were destroyed. Despite the large hail size, property damage was notably absent during this event, in part due to the soft nature of the hailstones.
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- September 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 2 mi N of Slide
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -101.900
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- September 15, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, 2 mi E of Slide
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -101.870
Quarter to golfball size hail damaged crops.
Flash Flood, Lubbock
- When
- September 15, 6:00 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County, Lubbock
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.610, -101.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The county EOC reported numerous roads flooded and closed across the city of Lubbock.
Hail, Lynn
- When
- September 15, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County, 6 mi NW of Wilson
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -101.800
Hail larger than the size of golfballs destroyed crops along a several mile wide swath from northwest of Wayside across Highway 87 to near Wilson. The hail apparently was soft as a damage survey and interviews with citizens in the storm's path indicated little to no property damage.
Hail, Lynn
- When
- September 15, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County, Wilson
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -101.730
Hail, Lynn
- When
- September 15, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County, 3 mi N of Grassland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -101.600
Hail, Yoakum
- When
- September 15, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum County, 5 mi W of Plains
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -102.920
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Hurricane in Virginia, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 15 to 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 15 to 19, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1999
- Hurricane and High Wind in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- High Wind in Virginia, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Arizona, September 15, 1999
- Hurricane in South Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
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: 5717200, 5717201, 5717202, 5717203, 5717204, 5717205, 5717206, 5717282, 5717283, 5717284.