Hail, Montague
- When
- May 30, 5:00 PM CST to 5:04 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, 1.8 mi SE of Ringgold
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -97.930
Hail in Texas, May 30, 2013
Isolated thunderstorms developed along the southwestern side of a cold front / dry line on the 30th. Thunderstorms affected mainly Montague County.
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
- $10,000
- 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 FWD wrote it up.
Isolated thunderstorms developed along the southwestern side of a cold front / dry line on the 30th. Thunderstorms affected mainly Montague County.
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 May 30, 2:22 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:22 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 322 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 .DISCUSSION... LOW COVERAGE SUPERCELLS ARE FORMING FROM WICHITA FALLS SOUTHWEST TOWARDS SWEETWATER. TORNADO WATCH 254 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST COUNTIES DUE TO DECENT HODOGRAPHS AND MLCAPE VALUES ABOVE 2000 J/KG...THE BEST FORCING IS FARTHER NORTH IN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS...SO THE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS LOWER LEVELS STABILIZE AND THE STORMS MOVE INTO LESS STABLE AIR. THE CAP IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH CURRENT AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE EAST MOVING NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. AFTER THEY EXIT...AREAS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR SHOULD STAY DRY. ON FRIDAY NORTH TX WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS...WITH NO PRECIP FORECAST THROUGH SUNRISE SATURDAY. THE NAM...WHICH HAS BEEN TOO WET AND UNSTABLE TODAY...IS UNSTABLE TOMORROW AS WELL. IF LATER GUIDANCE INCREASES STORM CHANCES FRIDAY...POPS WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED. SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CLIMB SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHWEST COUNTIES. PRECIP WILL BE MORE LIKELY SATURDAY EVENING IN THE NORTH HALF OF THE AREA...SPREADING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES BY SUNDAY MORNING WHERE THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL. THE REST OF THE FORECAST WEEK LOOKS DRY...WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...SOUTH WINDS...AND GULF MOISTURE TO KEEP THE HUMIDITY UP. 84 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 75 92 77 86 65 / 20 5 10 30 50 WACO, TX 75 93 76 91 68 / 10 5 10 20 40 PARIS, TX 72 87 76 83 62 / 20 5 10 40 50 DENTON, TX 75 90 76 84 64 / 20 5 10 40 50 MCKINNEY, TX 74 91 76 85 64 / 20 5 10 40 50 DALLAS, TX 75 94 77 89 65 / 20 5 10 30 50 TERRELL, TX 74 93 77 91 65 / 20 5 10 30 50 CORSICANA, TX 75 93 77 92 68 / 10 5 10 20 40 TEMPLE, TX 76 93 76 92 69 / 10 5 10 10 30 MINERAL WELLS, TX 73 94 75 85 64 / 20 5 10 30 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && /
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 2:05 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-311230- 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- 305 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. SOME STORMS NORTH OF AN EASTLAND TO DECATUR TO COOPER LINE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCES WILL OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF EASTLAND TO DECATUR TO COOPER LINE.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montague
- When
- May 30, 5:43 PM CST to 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, 5.65 mi SSW of Spanish Ft
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -97.640
Nocona VFD reported quarter sized hail near Lake Nocona.
Hail, Montague
- When
- May 30, 5:45 PM CST to 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, 5.56 mi N of Nocona
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.860, -97.720
Golf ball sized hail ways reported approximately 3 miles west of Lake Nocona.
Hail, Montague
- When
- May 30, 5:53 PM CST to 5:56 PM CST
- Where
- Montague County, 3.5 mi S of Rowland
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -97.680
Ping pong ball was reported at Lake Nocona, by a Montague County sheriff's deputy.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, May 30 to 31, 2013
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 30 to 31, 2013
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 30, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 30, 2013
- Rip Current in Florida, May 30, 2013
- Rip Current in Florida, May 30, 2013
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, May 30 to 31, 2013
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 2013
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, May 30 to 31, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 30, 2013
- Tornadoes and Flood in Oklahoma, May 30, 2013
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 30, 2013
More
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2013
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: 445112, 445113, 445114, 445115.