Hail — Rains, Texas

2022-11-04 · near Point, Rains, Texas

Event narrative

A trained spotter reported baseball sized hail in Point, TX.

Wider weather episode

A fast-moving cold front served as a focus for thunderstorm development across North and Central Texas, as an upper level storm system swept across the Plains the afternoon of November 4. Large hail and damaging wind gusts accompanied several of these storms, and a total of 5 tornadoes occurred. The hardest-hit area was Lamar County, where an EF-4 tornado occurred.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1062596. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.