Hail — Yoakum, Texas

2023-05-27 · near Plains, Yoakum, Texas

Event narrative

Law enforcement reported quarter size hail in the city of Plains.

Wider weather episode

Late in the afternoon into the evening of the 27th, a couple of supercells moving east-southeast out of eastern New Mexico produced severe weather in the western South Plains. One of these supercell thunderstorms produced tornadoes in eastern New Mexico before moving into Yoakum County. As the storm tracked across Yoakum County, it produced a brief tornado northwest of Plains and severe hail in the city of Plains. A second supercell thunderstorm tracked across northern Cochran County producing severe hail in Morton.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1097067. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.