Hail — Briscoe, Texas

2023-06-11 · near Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe, Texas

Event narrative

A storm chaser reported half dollar size hail along State Highway 256.

Wider weather episode

Despite upper level high pressure being over the area, isolated thunderstorms were able to develop near a stalled out frontal boundary in the extreme southern Texas Panhandle. A very unstable atmosphere allowed these supercell thunderstorms to grow very tall and thus produce giant hail. One storm produced a swath of giant hail and severe wind gusts across several counties. This storm tracked from near Happy (Swisher County) to near Turkey (Hall County) dropping hail as large as baseballs near Happy, Silverton (Briscoe County), Caprock Canyons State Park (Briscoe County), and Turkey.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1098286. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.