Hail in Childress County, Texas

A swath of severe hail was reported from US Highway 83 north of Childress to approximately 22 miles northeast of Childress. Most hail ranged in size from quarters to ping pong balls but some were estimated to be two inches in diameter. No damage was reported.

Robust moisture advection occurred on the morning of the 23rd and into the afternoon across the Rolling Plains resulting in surface dewpoints in the lower 70s. This created strong surface convergence along a dryline located from the southeastern Texas Panhandle into the Rolling Plains. Strong heating into the lower 90s created stout instability for thunderstorms to take advantage of. One isolated storm produced severe hail up to two inches in diameter in rural northern Childress County.