Hail, Lavaca
- When
- July 27, 5:00 PM CST to 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, 5 mi SE of Yoakum
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.250, -97.083
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 2000
Severe thunderstorm winds blew roofs off buildings and knocked down many large tree limbs.
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
- $50,000
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorm winds blew roofs off buildings and knocked down many large tree limbs.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lavaca
- When
- July 27, 5:10 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lavaca County, Shiner
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.433, -97.167
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, July 27 to 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 27, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 27, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 27, 2000
- High Wind in American Samoa, July 27 to 29, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27 to 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 2000
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: 5164924, 5164925.