Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 24, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 0.69 mi N of Roscoe
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 32.440, -100.530
Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 24, 2008
Dryline thunderstorms moved into western portions of the Big Country and produced hail up to the size of quarters south of Sweetwater. These slow moving thunderstorms dropped around 4 to 5 inches of rain near Lake Sweetwater causing some roads to be temporarily closed due to high water.
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
- 4
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.
Dryline thunderstorms moved into western portions of the Big Country and produced hail up to the size of quarters south of Sweetwater. These slow moving thunderstorms dropped around 4 to 5 inches of rain near Lake Sweetwater causing some roads to be temporarily closed due to high water.
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 May 24, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 353 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008 .SHORT TERM... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES THE WEAK PACIFIC COLD FRONT DID ACTUALLY PUSH INTO OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST SURFACE MSAS DATA SHOWS THE BEST MOISTURE FLUX DIVERGENCE OVER THE CONCHO VALLEY. AS USUAL...THE MAIN QUESTION FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS HOW STRONG IS THE CAP. MODIFIED RUC SOUNDING...CENTERED OVER A FEW OF OUR WESTERN COUNTIES INDICATE WE MAY BE CLOSE TO BREAKING THE CAP THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...DECIDED TO CONTINUE A SLIVER OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONG OUR WESTERN BORDER FOR THIS EVENING. FOR TOMORROW THROUGH THE END OF THE SHORT TERM...BELIEVE RAIN CHANCES ARE AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT. THUS...WILL CONTINUE WEATHER NIL GRIDS FOR THESE PERIODS. TEMPERATURE NUMBERS CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD. .LONG TERM... OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...MODELS BRING ANOTHER WEAK FRONT INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW IN TERMS OF HOW FAR THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH...WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MODELS DO BUILD AN UPPER- LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER TEXAS DURING THESE TWO PERIODS. THUS...IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...WE MAY HAVE A GOOD RAIN EVENT. OTHERWISE...DRY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THE LONG TERM WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS A CATEGORY OR TWO ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ABILENE 72 94 70 92 / 10 10 10 10 SAN ANGELO 74 96 74 96 / 10 10 10 10 JUNCTION 74 95 73 94 / 10 10 10 10 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 23/HUBER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 1:20 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-251930- 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- 220 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR A STALLED WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A THROCKMORTON TO SAN ANGELO TO SONORA LINE. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...AND WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AS A COOL FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO WEST OF A THROCKMORTON TO SAN ANGELO TO SONORA LINE.
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Nolan
- When
- May 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 1.75 mi E of Sweetwater Gesin Arp
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 32.400, -100.340
Flash Flood, Nolan
- When
- May 24, 9:00 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nolan County, 4.31 mi E of Sweetwater Gesin Arp to 6.03 mi E of Sweetwater Gesin Arp
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 32.410, -100.297
County Road 2035 and Bitter Creek Road near Lake Sweetwater were impassible due to high water.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- May 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 0.9 mi SW of View
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.340, -99.890
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 24, 2008
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- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, May 24, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24 to 25, 2008
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, May 24, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 24 to 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 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: 107026, 107027, 107025, 107028.