Hail, Franklin
- When
- February 25, 7:36 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 0.9 mi SE of Mt Vernon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -95.220
Hail in Texas, February 25, 2008
A strong dry line developed over north central Texas on the afternoon of February 25th and began moving eastward in conjunction with an upper level trough moving through the mid-Mississippi Valley. Moderate lapse rates and lift associated with the dry line helped spur a line of storms in the late afternoon hours over northeast Texas and southwestern Arkansas.
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
- 6
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 SHV wrote it up.
A strong dry line developed over north central Texas on the afternoon of February 25th and began moving eastward in conjunction with an upper level trough moving through the mid-Mississippi Valley. Moderate lapse rates and lift associated with the dry line helped spur a line of storms in the late afternoon hours over northeast Texas and southwestern Arkansas. The storms marched eastward throughout the evening and produced hail mainly under 1 inch in many locations across east Texas, southern Arkansas, and northwest Louisiana with some wind damage reported in southern Arkansas.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 6:32 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 6:32 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
632 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008
.UPDATE...
UPDATED THE TEXT AND GRID PACKAGE TO RESPECT CURRENT PRECIP IN THE
AREA...ESPECIALLY WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY POPS MENTIONED. ALSO
AM GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPECT TO THE APPROACHING FRONT AND
THE SLOWLY INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY. CURRENT
RADAR NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AS IT RELATES TO SVR...BUT THINGS
MAY HEAT UP LATER IN THE EVENING...AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES DEEPER
INTO THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE IS LOCATED.
ELEVEN
&&
.UPDATED POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV 44 57 30 56 / 40 0 0 0
MLU 45 57 29 54 / 50 0 0 0
DEQ 38 52 24 54 / 30 0 0 0
TXK 42 55 30 57 / 30 0 0 0
ELD 42 55 27 55 / 50 0 0 0
TYR 42 59 31 59 / 30 0 0 0
GGG 43 58 30 58 / 40 0 0 0
LFK 45 65 29 61 / 30 0 0 0
&&
.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE
RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER...AND UNION AR.
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE
SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA
SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER...AND WINN.
OK...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
AND MCCURTAIN.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...
HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...
RED RIVER...RUSK...SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...
SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR...AND WOOD.
&&
11Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 12:00 PM CST, 7 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261200- ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD- HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION- MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA- PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX- SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR- WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD- 1200 PM CST MON FEB 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS...WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTING TO 30 MPH...IN PARTS OF TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...ARE EXPECTED. TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FOUR STATE AREA. CHANCES WILL BE BEST IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER...HAM RADIO OPERATOR...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. VII
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:36 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Camp
- When
- February 25, 8:24 PM CST
- Where
- Camp County, Pittsburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -94.970
Hail, Cass
- When
- February 25, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, 4.84 mi N of Hughes Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -94.600
Hail, Nacogdoches
- When
- February 25, 9:11 PM CST to 9:13 PM CST
- Where
- Nacogdoches County, 4.53 mi NE of Linn Flat
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -94.680
Hail fell for about two minutes.
Hail, Shelby
- When
- February 25, 9:44 PM CST to 9:46 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, 0.69 mi N of Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 31.790, -94.180
Hail fell for about two minutes covering the ground.
Hail, Cherokee
- When
- February 25, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Rusk
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 31.800, -95.150
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
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- Winter Storm in Indiana, February 25 to 26, 2008
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 25, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Illinois, February 25 to 26, 2008
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- Winter Storm in Illinois, February 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 25 to 26, 2008
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: 77359, 77373, 77374, 77377, 77378, 77380.