Hail, Liberty
- When
- October 22, 6:23 PM CST
- Where
- Liberty County, Moss Hill
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -94.733
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, October 22 to 23, 2000
1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $515,000
- 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.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Liberty
- When
- October 22, 7:40 PM CST to October 23, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Liberty County, Northeast Portion
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.152, -94.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several homes flooded in the Rye and Moss Hill areas. Portion of FM 787 washed out in Romayor. SH 146 flooded and closed to cars north of Moss Hill. Total of 8.5 inches of rainfall in Rye and 10 inches in Votaw.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, October 22 to 23, 2000
- Flood in Arizona, October 22 to 23, 2000
- High Wind in California, October 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Flood in Arizona, October 22 to 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Flood in Texas, October 22, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 22 to 24, 2000
- Dense Fog in Indiana, October 22, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, October 22 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5158072, 5158071.