Hail, Delta
- When
- March 13, 9:03 PM CST
- Where
- Delta County, 2.37 mi SSE of Enloe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.400, -95.650
The sherriff's office relayed a report of nickel-size hail near Enloe.
Hail in Texas, March 13, 2008
Ample instability and moisture produced thunderstorms along a dry line. There was one report of severe hail.
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
- 1
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 FWD wrote it up.
Ample instability and moisture produced thunderstorms along a dry line. There was one report of severe hail.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 13, 8:04 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 8:04 PM CST, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 904 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM 50-60 MILES NORTH OF THE RED RIVER OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SINCE THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES REMAIN IN AN AREA OF LIFT...WE WILL KEEP THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH /WW109/ GOING FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHERWISE...THE DRY LINE HAS NEARLY STALLED ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR...EXTENDING JUST EAST OF GAINESVILLE....DFW...KILLEEN LINE AS OF 02Z. THE DEWPOINT AT DFW FELL FROM 58 DEGREES TO 49 DEGREES BETWEEN 01 AND 02Z. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES HAVE ENDED FOR TONIGHT FARTHER TO THE SOUTHWEST...SO HAVE JUST LEFT A MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA...AND THE EXTREME EASTERN ZONES. #58 && .SHORT TERM... .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 54 85 52 72 47 / 10 5 5 5 5 WACO, TX 53 90 54 78 48 / 10 5 5 0 5 PARIS, TX 52 79 51 68 43 / 10 10 10 5 5 DENTON, TX 51 84 50 70 43 / 10 5 5 5 5 MCKINNEY, TX 50 83 50 70 43 / 10 5 5 5 5 DALLAS, TX 56 85 52 72 47 / 10 5 5 5 5 TERRELL, TX 55 83 53 73 46 / 10 5 5 5 5 CORSICANA, TX 56 84 55 76 48 / 10 5 5 5 5 TEMPLE, TX 58 90 57 79 51 / 10 5 5 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: TXZ100>102-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>160-174. && 58/58
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 4:17 PM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 517 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-142030- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL- NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS- LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 517 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 1 AM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM...TO GREENVILLE..TO SULPHUR SPRINGS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A SHERMAN...TO WAXAHACHIE...TO LAMPASAS LINE. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER CONTINUES THROUGH 7 PM FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS. THIS IS AN EXTREME CRITICAL FIRE DANGER DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN...GREENVILLE...TO ATHENS LINE. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...TOO MANY UNCERTAINTIES EXIST TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION EAST OF LINE FROM SHERMAN...TO WAXAHACHIE...TO LAMPASAS IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. 82/JLD
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:04 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail in Arkansas, March 13, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, March 13, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, March 13 to 15, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 13, 2008
- High Wind in California, March 13 to 14, 2008
- Strong Wind in California, March 13 to 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 13 to 14, 2008
- High Wind in Texas, March 13 to 14, 2008
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, March 13, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 13, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 13, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 13 to 14, 2008
More
Every storm in Texas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2008
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: 81912.