Hail — Childress, Texas

2023-09-19 · near Kirkland, Childress, Texas

Event narrative

A report of baseball size hail in far eastern Childress County was relayed to the office from a trained spotter. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

A diffuse dryline mixed into the Rolling Plains on the afternoon of the 19th. Hot temperatures east of the dryline led to a deeply mixed boundary layer eroding a cap that was in place. Strong instability and moderate deep layer shear contributed to strong supercell development from the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle into the northern Rolling Plains. One of these storms became severe in eastern Childress County producing hail up to baseball size.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1123373. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.