Hail, McMullen
- When
- May 2, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- McMullen County, 2 mi E of Tilden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 28.450, -98.517
Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2000
5 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 high wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 high wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Nueces
- When
- May 2, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nueces forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 27.735, -97.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Measured at Bob Hall Pier, a coastal mesonet site maintained by Texas A&M.
Heavy Rain, Duval
- When
- May 2, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Duval County, Rios
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 27.681, -98.509 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Five inches of rain in five hours.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jim Wells
- When
- May 2, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Jim Wells County, Premont
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.367, -98.133
Roof blown off building at the county yard.
Flash Flood, Jim Wells
- When
- May 2, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Jim Wells County, Premont
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.731, -98.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain caused the closure of several county roads in and around Premont.
Flash Flood, Kleberg
- When
- May 2, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Kleberg County, 2 mi S of Kingsville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.427, -97.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain caused the closure of US-77.
Flash Flood, Duval
- When
- May 2, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Duval County, Concepcion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.681, -98.509 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Local law enforcement officials closed County Route 716 due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood, Jim Wells
- When
- May 2, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jim Wells County, 3 mi W of Premont
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.731, -98.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Local law enforcement officials closed County Roads 417, 425, and 428, due to heavy rainfall.
Flash Flood, Kleberg
- When
- May 2, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Kleberg County, 5 mi W of Kingsville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 27.427, -97.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain caused the closure of several county roads.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 2 to 3, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 2 to 5, 2000
- High Wind in New York, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Illinois, May 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Iowa, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Dense Fog in Missouri, May 2, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 2, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 2, 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: 5141384, 5141385, 5141386, 5141744, 5141745, 5141746, 5141747, 5141748, 5141749.