Hail, San Saba
- When
- May 12, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County, Cherokee
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.983, -98.700
Hail in Texas, May 12, 2000
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across the Northwest Hill Country during the early evening hours of the 12th. Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in Mason.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed across the Northwest Hill Country during the early evening hours of the 12th. Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in Mason.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mason
- When
- May 12, 6:14 PM CST
- Where
- Mason County, Mason
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.733, -99.217
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5145734, 5145735.