Hail — Sterling, Texas
2023-05-23 · near Sterling City, Sterling, Texas
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Magnitude
Event narrative
The County Sheriff reported dime to ping pong ball size hail on the Sterling-Glasscock County line on US 87.
Wider weather episode
The combination of strong instability and locally enhanced upper level winds produced isolated severe thunderstorms during the evening hours across the Big Country and Concho Valley. A supercell thunderstorm produced a strong tornado causing significant damage in Jones County just east of Funston. Otherwise, the severe storms produced large hail and isolated damaging winds.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1101518. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.