Hail, Baylor
- When
- March 17, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor County, Seymour
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.590, -99.260
Hail in Texas, March 17, 2008
Thunderstorms developed in the early evening hours over northern Texas, as a cold front moved into the region. Large hail was the main threat with these thunderstorms.
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
- 3
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 OUN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in the early evening hours over northern Texas, as a cold front moved into the region. Large hail was the main threat with these thunderstorms. The front continued to move southeast, with the thunderstorm threat ending quickly.
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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 17, 4:38 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:38 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
538 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
.DISCUSSION...
QUICK UPDATE TO EXPAND FLASH FLOOD WATCH BACK TO THE NORTHWEST A
BIT. NAM/GFS SUPPORT AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
BACK TO THE NW AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN EXPECTED LOCATTION
OF THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT. THUS UPDATE GRIDS TO REFLECT
THIS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 46 52 38 64 / 80 50 40 0
HOBART OK 39 53 36 66 / 50 30 30 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 49 52 39 68 / 80 50 60 0
GAGE OK 36 59 33 66 / 30 10 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 40 54 37 65 / 60 40 20 0
DURANT OK 55 58 43 65 / 100 90 90 20
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR OKZ031-032-041>043-
046>048-050>052.
TX...NONE.
&&
02/99Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 1:15 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
215 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
215 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM HOLLIS... TO ELK CITY...
TO FAIRVIEW... TO MEDFORD.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM NOW
THROUGH 1 AM.
IMPACTS...
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE HAIL TO NEAR THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO NEAR 70 MPH... ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AND FLASH FLOODING... WILL BE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE RISK
AREA SHOULD REMAIN READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... REMAIN PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A COLD FRONT... FROM NORTH
CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AND ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. MODERATELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
EXIST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT... AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL REMAIN
STRONG ENOUGH THAT ANY STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD QUICKLY
BECOME SEVERE. A FEW SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING... WITH AN ATTENDANT
POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND POSSIBLY A
FEW TORNADOES.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT OVER
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY TO EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL INCREASE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MAR 18.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...60 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE
FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT IN SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONTINUING OVER MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF OKLAHOMA ON TUESDAY... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
HAVE DIMINISHED. LATER IN THE WEEK... ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF MORE
THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEKEND.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY TUESDAY. MEANWHILE... RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY
RAINS COULD ALSO LEAD TO FLOODING ON MAINSTEM RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
TUESDAY.
24In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 1:43 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 243 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 OKZ036-172000- JACKSON OK- 243 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR JACKSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HUMPHREYS AT 243 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:44 PM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
244 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL 2 E WARREN 34.78N 99.18W
03/17/2008 E0.88 INCH JACKSON OK AMATEUR RADIO
TIME ESTIMATED
0240 PM HAIL HOBART 35.03N 99.09W
03/17/2008 E0.75 INCH KIOWA OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
DWSpecial weather statement, Mar 17, 2:01 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 301 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 OKZ017-172015- BLAINE OK- 301 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLAINE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENFIELD AT 301 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Mar 17, 3:16 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
416 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL 1 S HINTON 35.46N 98.36W
03/17/2008 E0.88 INCH CADDO OK PARK/FOREST SRVC
RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK
&&
DWSpecial weather statement, Mar 17, 3:33 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 433 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 OKZ023-038-172200- CADDO OK-COMANCHE OK- 433 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE AT 433 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Mar 17, 5:38 PM CST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 638 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 OKZ023-180015- CADDO OK- 638 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STECKER AT 638 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wilbarger
- When
- March 17, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger County, Grayback
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.990, -99.170
Hail, Knox
- When
- March 17, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, Munday
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -99.630
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Missouri, March 17 to 22, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, March 17 to 19, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 17 to 18, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, March 17 to 19, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, March 17 to 18, 2008
- High Wind and High Surf in Texas, March 17 to 18, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 17 to 18, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 17 to 18, 2008
- Flooding in Missouri, March 17 to 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 17 to 18, 2008
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 17 to 21, 2008
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Missouri, March 17 to 18, 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: 90131, 90132, 90133.