Hail — Real, Texas

2023-04-20 · near Prade Ranch, Real, Texas

Event narrative

A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls. A picture on Twitter showed several ping pong ball to golf ball size hail stones.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough moved across the southwest US and brought a cold front through Central Texas. Thunderstorms developed in the warm, moist airmass south of the front in response to a mid-level shortwave trough. Some of these storms produced severe weather including one tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1095294. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.