Hail — Parmer, Texas

2024-06-08 · near Parmerton, Parmer, Texas

Event narrative

The fire department chief in the town of Rhea reported quarter size hail.

Wider weather episode

Mid-level monsoon moisture was rotating around an upper level high pressure system centered in Central Texas. This moisture combined with low level convergence in a surface pressure trough to create isolated thunderstorms across the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle on the afternoon of the eighth. One of these storms produced quarter size hail near the town of Rhea in far northwestern Parmer County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1171702. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.