Hail — Eastland, Texas

2024-04-01 · near Cisco, Eastland, Texas

Event narrative

Amateur radio reported 2 inch hail around 0.9 miles northwest of Cisco.

Wider weather episode

A lead shortwave associated with an upper trough over the Desert Southwest helped initiate thunderstorms along and ahead of a dryline the afternoon and evening of April 1. Storms developed across the Big Country and spread east across North Texas. Several storms became severe and produced primarily large hail across several locations near and north of I-20 and along and west of I-35. The largest sized hail reported was Grapefruit sized (4.5) in Wise County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1171172. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.