Hale County Severe Thunderstorm - July 26, 1998
A severe thunderstorm caused damage across parts of Hale County on the evening of Sunday, July 26 th, 1998. The storm did damage to structures and trees just west of the Havana area. The swath of damage was in a fan pattern consistent with straight line winds as determined by a National Weather Service survey team.
This map shows the damage path caused by the high winds. Path A's damage swath indicated that the destructive winds were blowing toward the northwest. The winds occurring along Path B were blowing westward.
Radar images showed that the storm over this area was enhanced by an eastward moving outflow boundary that emanated from a cluster of storms just to the west.
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