Hail, Starr
- When
- July 30, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Starr County, 6 mi N of El Sauz
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.667, -98.867
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 30, 2000
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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.
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Zapata
- When
- July 30, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Zapata County, 2 mi E of Zapata
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 26.900, -99.200
The roof was torn off of a school that was under construction.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Virginia, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 30 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 30, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2000
- Dust Storm in New Mexico, July 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Waterspout in Texas, July 30, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, July 30, 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: 5163874, 5163875.