Hail in Childress County, Texas

Local broadcast media relayed a report of a swath of hail extending from the Childress/Cottle County line into Childress. Hail ranged from quarters to as large as half dollars.

A negatively tilted short wave trough moving across the southwestern US set the stage for a cool season severe weather event in the Rolling Plains and far southeastern Texas Panhandle. Thunderstorms developed initially in the eastern South Plains along an advancing dryline. Although temperatures were relatively cool, strong boundary layer moisture and steep mid level lapse rates led to ample instability for severe thunderstorm development. Thunderstorms produced several severe wind gusts across the eastern South Plains and Rolling Plains and a swath of severe hail in and around Childress (Childress County).