North/Central Texas Hail Storm

Losses, 2024 dollars

$4.6 billion

Losses at the time

$3.5 billion

Deaths

0

The losses and deaths are NCEI’s, counting everything the disaster did. The episodes below are only what the Weather Service filed in its Storm Events record, which counts damage differently and often not at all, so the two never add up and are shown apart.

• Flash Flood and Flooding in California, April 8 to 11, 2016$360,000 · 6 eventsA pair of upper level lows brought showers and thunderstorms to Southern California from the 7th to the 11th. Though they were relatively small, the thunderstorms that formed were slow moving, allowing them to produce a few areas of flooding.
• Hail and Heavy Rain in Texas, April 8 to 9, 20161 in hail · 2 eventsAn upper level trough was approaching the region from over California and Arizona with an upper disturbance moving over West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Low-level moisture was also increasing across the area.
• Hail in New Mexico, April 8, 20161 in hail · 1 eventAn upper level trough was approaching the region from over California and Arizona with an upper disturbance moving over West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Low-level moisture was also increasing across the area.
• Flash Flooding in Nevada, April 9 to 10, 2016$28,000 · 3 eventsPrecipitable water at or near all-time April records and an unseasonably strong, cold Pacific storm system came together to produce a very unusual April flash flooding episode.
• Hail in Texas, April 10, 2016$150,000 · 2.5 in hail · 12 eventsScattered severe thunderstorms erupted this afternoon along and ahead of a dryline over the western and northern South Plains.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 10 to 11, 20162.75 in hail · 14 eventsStorms formed out ahead of a cold front and dryline on the afternoon of the 10th. Overnight a low level jet formed and storms began to congeal into a line headed eastward.
• Lightning Strike in Idaho, April 10, 2016$1,000 · 1 eventLightning struck a power pole in the northern part of Idaho Falls and left 1,700 Rocky Mountain Power customers without power for just over one hour on April 10th. A power line was arcing on the ground and caused a brief fire.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, April 10 to 11, 2016$450,000 · 2 in hail · 9 eventsA cold front slowly sagged south across the area during Sunday and Sunday night April 10, 2016.
• Hail in Missouri, April 10, 20161 in hail · 1 eventA storm in Pettis County produced isolated severe hail.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 2016$30,000 · 2.75 in hail · 38 eventsStorms formed out ahead of a cold front and dryline on the afternoon of the 10th. Overnight a low level jet formed and storms began to congeal into a line headed eastward.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 2016$60,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 eventsA cold front moved south into northeastern Oklahoma during the evening of April 10th. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front as it moved through the region into the early morning hours of the 11th.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 10, 20161 in hail · 10 eventsA strong storm system approached from the west on Sunday the 10th. Conditions became increasingly favorable for thunderstorms during the afternoon as moisture streamed northward.
• Damaging Wind in Texas, April 10, 2016$18,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 eventAn upper trough was moving eastward over California and Arizona, and a dryline was present across the Permian Basin.
• Hail in Kansas, April 10, 20160.88 in hail · 1 eventAn isolated strong storm produced one report of sub severe hail.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 10 to 11, 20162 in hail · 7 eventsIsolated supercells rapidly developed and produce a few large hail reports near Maryneal and even a damaging wind report near Wall. Another isolated supercell resulted in large hail in Throckmorton on April 11.
• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 11, 2016$275,000 · EF0 · 17 eventsAn outflow boundary from showers and thunderstorms that developed over Southwest Oklahoma during the evening and overnight hours on April 10th became stationary over Northern McCurtain County Oklahoma into the adjacent sections of Western Arkansas during the early morning hours…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 11, 2016$345 million · 5.25 in hail · 74 eventsA dry line, a warm front and a surface low pressure center all came together to produce a severe weather set-up during the late afternoon and evening hours of April 11.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 11, 2016$500 · 52 kt wind · 4 eventsOn the 11th, moisture increased markedly as a cold front arrived from the north. At the same time, a storm system approached from the west, and interacted with the front. Showers and thunderstorms developed, and spread across central and southern sections of the state.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 11, 20163.5 in hail · 31 eventsAn outflow boundary from showers and thunderstorms that developed over Southwest Oklahoma during the evening and overnight hours on April 10th became stationary over Northern McCurtain County Oklahoma into the adjacent sections of Western Arkansas during the early morning hours…
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 11 to 12, 20161 in hail · 2 eventsA line of thunderstorms moved into southeast Louisiana during the afternoon hours of the 11th. One report of wind damage was received. More thunderstorms moved into the area on the 12th.
• Hail in Oklahoma, April 11, 20161.75 in hail · 1 eventAn outflow boundary from showers and thunderstorms that developed over Southwest Oklahoma during the evening and overnight hours on April 10th became stationary over Northern McCurtain County Oklahoma into the adjacent sections of Western Arkansas during the early morning hours…
• Flash Flood in Arizona, April 11, 2016$1,000 · 1 eventPrecipitable water at or near all-time April records and an unseasonably strong, cold Pacific storm system came together to produce a very unusual April flash flooding episode.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, April 11, 2016$1.2 million · 1 in hail · 54 eventsStorms developed along an outflow boundary well ahead of an approaching cold front during the late afternoon and into the evening hours. These storms brought damaging winds to the region along with some hail. Flash flooding also occurred across the region.
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 11, 201656 kt wind · 7 eventsAn outflow boundary from showers and thunderstorms that developed over Southwest Oklahoma during the evening and overnight hours on April 10th became stationary over Northern McCurtain County Oklahoma into the adjacent sections of Western Arkansas during the early morning hours…
• Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 11, 2016$17,000 · 4 eventsStorms developed along an outflow boundary well ahead of an approaching cold front during the late afternoon and into the evening hours. These storms flashing flooding to northeast Louisiana.
• Hail in South Carolina, April 12, 20161 in hail · 3 eventsA couple of isolated storms developed across the South Carolina mountains during the late afternoon and moved southeast. One of these storms became severe, producing quarter size hail across portions of Pickens and Anderson Counties.
• Tornado in Colorado, April 12, 20161 eventAfternoon convection produced a brief landspout with no damage evidence.
• Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 12 to 13, 2016$1.4 billion · 4.5 in hail · 40 eventsAn upper level low pressure system over the Desert Southwest combined with a stationary front to produce thunderstorms across South Central Texas. Some of these storms produced large to giant hail.
• Hail in Texas, April 12, 2016$30,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 eventsAn upper level disturbance moving out of northern Mexico interacted with deep moisture along the Rio Grande to the Hill Country to produce scattered thunderstorms during the late afternoon and evening hours.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 12 to 13, 2016$134,000 · 1.25 in hail · 19 eventsEarly morning pre-dawn thunderstorms strengthened to severe as they moved eastward across southeastern Texas. These storms produced wind damage and hail along with damaging lightning strikes.
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 13, 20161.75 in hail · 4 eventsA complex of thunderstorms moved across southeast Louisiana and the northern Gulf of Mexico during the morning hours of the 13th. Several reports of severe weather were received.

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NOAA NCEI, U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2025), https://doi.org/10.25921/stkw-7w73, and the Storm Events Database for the episodes.