Hail — Haskell, Texas

2023-05-06 · near Rochester, Haskell, Texas

Event narrative

The time was estimated from radar.

Wider weather episode

The combination of a well defined surface dryline, weak upper level disturbances, and strong to extreme instability, resulted in scattered afternoon and evening severe thunderstorms across portions of the Big Country and Heartland areas. The severe storms were mainly east of an Haskell to Abilene to Ballinger to Brownwood line. The vertical wind shear was strong enough for most of the storms to become supercell thunderstorms. The severe storms produced mainly large to very large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1099568. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.