Hail in Texas, March 19, 2005

Name: Hail in Texas, March 19, 2005
Start: 2005-03-19T15:45
End: 2005-03-19T17:20
Location: Texas

March 19, 2005 · NWS EWX · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 3:25 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:25 PM CST, 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
325 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN ALONG A WEAK BUT SIGNIFICANT
E-W FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY WITH A FAIRLY VIGOROUS S/W PUNCHING
INTO WEST TEXAS.  ALSO SEEING SCT CONVECTION FIRING IN THE JUICY AMS OVER THE
COASTAL PLAINS TO OUR SOUTH WHICH WILL BE FEEDING INTO THE ERN CWA THIS EVENING
WHERE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE.  THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A MORE ORGANIZED
MCS OVER THE ERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING THEN EXITING TO THE EAST WITH THE UPPER
S/W TROF BY MIDNIGHT.  STILL LOOKS TO BE A PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...AND
PSBL DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER ANVIL BLOW OFF HAS SLOWED THE AFTN HEATING OVER
THE NE COUNTIES.  THERE COULD ALSO BE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS THRU THE
EVENING HOURS AS THE DEVELOPING MCS ENCOUNTERS BETTER INFLOW OVER THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE CWA AND WILL POST A SHORT DURATION FFA THRU MIDNIGHT.

OTHERWISE A FAST ZONAL FLOW TO PREVAIL WITH FORECAST MOSTLY DRY...HOWEVER
A S/W SKIRTING JUST TO THE NORTH MONDAY WILL REQUIRE SOME LOW POPS IN THE
NORTHEAST COUNTIES.  A DEVELOPING LONG WAVE TROF TO OUR WEST LATE IN THE
WEEK WILL RESULT IN DEEPER GULF MOISTURE AND THE NEED FOR SLGT CHC/CHC POPS
WEST/EAST ACROSS THE CWA FOR LATE FRIDAY/SATURDAY...CLEARING SUNDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              56  77  60  79 /  60  10  10  10
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  51  81  57  79 /  60  10  10  10
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           56  86  57  84 /  10  10  10   0
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       57  80  60  81 /  50  10  10   0

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 053 UNTIL 03Z AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN CWA
THRU 06Z.

&&

01/11

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 5:15 AM CST, 10 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
515 AM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-201100-
ATASCOSA-BANDERA-BASTROP-BEXAR-BLANCO-BURNET-CALDWELL-COMAL-DEWITT-
DIMMIT-EDWARDS-FAYETTE-FRIO-GILLESPIE-GONZALES-GUADALUPE-HAYS-KARNES-
KENDALL-KERR-KINNEY-LAVACA-LEE-LLANO-MAVERICK-MEDINA-REAL-TRAVIS-
UVALDE-VAL VERDE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-ZAVALA-
515 AM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A
CAMPBELLTON TO SAN ANTONIO TO BURNET LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A KARNES
CITY TO GONZALES TO LEXINGTON LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS A SECONDARY
THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A
HALLETTSVILLE TO BASTROP TO LEXINGTON LINE MONDAY AND THEN ALONG
AND EAST OF A CAMPBELLTON TO HONDO TO HARPER LINE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 1:57 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
157 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0142 PM     HAIL             9 ESE HARPER            30.25N 99.11W
03/19/2005  0.25 INCH        GILLESPIE          TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

WPREWX

Local storm report, Mar 19, 3:39 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
339 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0333 PM     HAIL             GRANITE SHOALS          30.59N 98.38W
03/19/2005  0.25 INCH        BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WPREWX

Local storm report, Mar 19, 3:40 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
340 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0333 PM     HAIL             SPICEWOOD               30.48N 98.17W
03/19/2005  0.25 INCH        BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WPREWX

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burnet

When: March 19, 3:45 PM CST to 3:55 PM CST
Where: Burnet County, Spicewood
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.483, -98.167

Hail, Caldwell

When: March 19, 4:15 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, 5 mi W of Maxwell
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 29.883, -97.867

Hail, Williamson

When: March 19, 4:20 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, Liberty Hill
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 30.667, -97.917

Hail, Travis

When: March 19, 4:55 PM CST to 5:10 PM CST
Where: Travis County, 6 mi S of Austin
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.200, -97.750

Hail between .75 and 1.00 inch in diameter was reported across much of the southeast part of Austin. Nickel-sized hail fell near IH-35 and William Cannon, with the largest hail (1.00 inch diameter) at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Hail, Williamson

When: March 19, 5:10 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, 6 mi SE of Georgetown
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 30.567, -97.600

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, March 2005

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: 5441380, 5441381, 5441455, 5441456, 5441457.