Hail — Gonzales, Texas
2024-01-08 · near Gonzales Muni Arpt, Gonzales, Texas
$5K
Property damage
2
Magnitude
Event narrative
A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of tennis balls that dented a car in Gonzales. The average hail stones were golf ball size.
Wider weather episode
Strong south to southeasterly low-level flow brought an unusually warm, moist airmass to South Central Texas ahead of a Pacific cold front. The front moved into an airmass with temperatures in the middle to upper 70s and dewpoints in the 60s. A few thunderstorms developed ahead of the front and some of these produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1159208. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.