Hail, Bosque
- When
- March 16, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County, Meridian
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 31.917, -97.650
Hail in Texas, March 16, 2000
March 16, 2000 - Event NarrativeThunderstorms developed during the afternoon over the western sections of south central Texas and moved east and northeast. A few storms produced dime to golf ball hail after 1800 CST, mainly along a line from western Coryell county, through central Bosque county, to eastern Johnson, and then north-northeast from Midlothian (Ellis county) across Dallas to Garland,…
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 FWD wrote it up.
March 16, 2000 - Event NarrativeThunderstorms developed during the afternoon over the western sections of south central Texas and moved east and northeast. A few storms produced dime to golf ball hail after 1800 CST, mainly along a line from western Coryell county, through central Bosque county, to eastern Johnson, and then north-northeast from Midlothian (Ellis county) across Dallas to Garland, where it diminished shortly after 2100 CST. Thunderstorms moved east across southern Navarro county late in the day.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
14 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Coryell
- When
- March 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coryell County, 1 mi N of Copperas Cove
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -97.917
Hail, Bosque
- When
- March 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County, Cranfills Gap
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.767, -97.833
Hail, Hill
- When
- March 16, 6:57 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, Blum
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -97.400
Hail, Hill
- When
- March 16, 7:06 PM CST
- Where
- Hill County, 5 mi NE of Blum
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -97.333
Hail, Coryell
- When
- March 16, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Coryell County, Ft Hood Aaf
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -97.700
Occurred on west side of Ft. Hood.
Hail, Bosque
- When
- March 16, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Bosque County, Meridian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 31.917, -97.650
Hail, Johnson
- When
- March 16, 7:40 PM CST to 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Alvarado
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -97.217
Hail, Johnson
- When
- March 16, 8:06 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County, Rio Vista
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.233, -97.383
Hail, Dallas
- When
- March 16, 8:41 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Dallas
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.783
Occurred on north side of downtown Dallas.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- March 16, 8:56 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Dallas
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -96.783
Occurred at loop 12 and Garland Road in NE Dallas.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- March 16, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Highland Park
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.817, -96.767
Hail, Dallas
- When
- March 16, 9:06 PM CST to 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, Richardson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -96.717
Hail, Collin
- When
- March 16, 9:28 PM CST
- Where
- Collin County, Wylie
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.017, -96.550
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5138390, 5138392, 5138394, 5138395, 5138396, 5138393, 5138391, 5138397, 5138398, 5138399, 5138400, 5138401, 5138402, 5138403.