Hail, Nolan
- When
- March 9, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 0.69 mi S of Champion
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.360, -100.620
Hail in Texas, March 9 to 10, 2008
A surface stationary boundary combined with an upper level trough of low pressure triggered thunderstorms across portions of West Central Texas on the evening of March 9th. Hail ranging in size from penny size to golf ball size hail was reported, with the largest hail reported across portions of the Big Country.
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
- 24
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 SJT wrote it up.
A surface stationary boundary combined with an upper level trough of low pressure triggered thunderstorms across portions of West Central Texas on the evening of March 9th. Hail ranging in size from penny size to golf ball size hail was reported, with the largest hail reported across portions of the Big Country.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 5:55 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 5:55 PM CST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 655 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2008 .AVIATION... MAIN ISSUE THIS PACKAGE WILL BE DEVELOPING CONVECTIONS WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE THIS EVENING. CONVECTION WILL BEGIN N TAFS 1ST SPREADING SWD DURING THE NIGHT. STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL/HIGH WINDS MAIN THREATS. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE NOT THE MAIN THREAT...THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. STORMS WILL TAPER OFF FROM N TO S DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS...AS LOW MOVES AWAY FROM WC TX. 11 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2008/ SYNOPSIS... WEAK BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM BKD...ABI TO S OF BPG. S/SE FLOW OVER WC TX THIS AFTERNOON S OF BOUNDARY. NE WINDS N OF BOUNDARY. TEMPERATURES HEATING UP S OF FRONT NICELY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER NM THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE TONIGHT. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL FORECAST WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WITH MAIN ACTIVITY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY TOMORROW. STILL USING A BLEND OF GFS/ECMWF... LEANING ON THE ECMWF SIDE WITH OVERALL STRENGTH/MOISTURE OF SYSTEM. SEVERE POTENTIAL STILL SAME AS WELL. COULD HAVE SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE ELEVATED CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT INTO MON. MAIN THREATS WILL BE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS. ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...THEY WILL BE LESS LIKELY. TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE AREA LATE MON...ENDING THE ROUND OF CONVECTION. A SURFACE FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE WED/EARLY THU TIME FRAME. THIS NEXT SYSTEM IS LOOKING LESS FAVORABLE FOR RAINFALL CHANCES. WILL SEE SOME WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS BEFORE IT MOVES THROUGH DURING THE DAY WED...SLIGHTLY MILDER FOR THU POST FRONT THEN CONTINUED WARMER INTO NEXT WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH ANOTHER FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS ONE IS NOT BRINGING A COLD PUNCH WITH IT EITHER...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL TEMPERATURES. AT THIS TIME...DO NOT HAVE RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS FRONT...AS ORGANIZATION IS A LITTLE BETTER E AND BETTER MOISTURE. HOWEVER... THAT COULD CHANGE AS THIS SYSTEM GETS A LITTLE CLOSER AND MODELS GET A SLIGHTLY BETTER HANDLE ON IT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 48 61 43 66 / 60 40 10 10 SAN ANGELO 50 63 41 68 / 50 50 10 0 JUNCTION 53 65 43 68 / 50 60 20 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 2:39 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 339 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2008 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-102045- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 339 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE BECOME SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING. LARGE HAIL IS AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY POSSIBLY BE NEEDED. 04
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
Event by event
24 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Nolan
- When
- March 9, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -100.400
Hail, Nolan
- When
- March 9, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 1.5 mi NNW of Roscoe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -100.540
Hail, Nolan
- When
- March 9, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, Sweetwater
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -100.400
Hail, Nolan
- When
- March 9, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 2.15 mi SSE of Nolan
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 32.240, -100.240
Hail, Jones
- When
- March 9, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 4.57 mi ENE of Hawley
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -99.760
Hail, Jones
- When
- March 9, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 0.69 mi S of Nugent
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.690, -99.670
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 9, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 2.92 mi W of Buffalo Gap
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -99.870
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 9, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 0.58 mi W of Buffalo Gap
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -99.830
Quarter size hail was reported near Highway 89.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 9, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 0.69 mi S of Tuscola
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.210, -99.800
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 9, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Lawn
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.130, -99.750
Golfball size hail was reported on Highway 84.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 9, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.730
Hail, Concho
- When
- March 9, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Concho County, 2.76 mi N of Paint Rock
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.560, -99.920
Nickel size hail fell from 9:15 to 9:20 P.M.
Hail, Concho
- When
- March 9, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Concho County, 0.59 mi W of Paint Rock
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -99.930
Hail, Callahan
- When
- March 9, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, 0.91 mi SE of Oplin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 32.140, -99.560
Hail, Concho
- When
- March 9, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Concho County, 2.46 mi ESE of Concho
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -99.740
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- March 9, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 0.59 mi E of Lohn
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -99.410
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- March 9, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 2.73 mi NE of Pear Vly
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 31.310, -99.490
Hail, McCulloch
- When
- March 9, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- McCulloch County, 0.59 mi E of Lohn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -99.410
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 10, 12:06 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 0.58 mi W of (Dys)dyess Afb Abile
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 32.420, -99.860
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 10, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.730
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 10, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.730
One-inch hail reported at the intersection of Ridgemont and Rebecca Lanes.
Hail, Crockett
- When
- March 10, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Crockett County, 39.33 mi SW of Ozona
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 30.300, -101.670
Hail, Callahan
- When
- March 10, 12:50 AM CST
- Where
- Callahan County, Clyde
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -99.500
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
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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: 86327, 86328, 86329, 86330, 86331, 86332, 86334, 86337, 86338, 86339, 86340, 86341, 86342, 86343, 86344, 86345, 86346, 86347, 86348, 86349, 86350, 86351, 86352, 86353.