Hail in Zapata County, Texas

Hail May 13, 2024 · Zapata County, Texas

2.75 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Baseball size hail was reported in San Ygnacio, related by the Zapata County Sheriff's office.

The wider storm

Multiple discrete supercells resulted in scattered large hail reports that spread from the Rio Grande Plains and Brush Country into the upper Valley during the late afternoon of May 13th. The individual cells merged into a mini thunderstorm complex by early evening while moving into the lower Valley, causing minor wind damage in Cameron County. The cells moved into the Laguna Madre and immediate nearshore waters east of Cameron County soon after.

Began near San Ygnacio (27.0500, -99.4300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1167175. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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