Hail — Cochran, Texas

2024-05-30 · near Lehman, Cochran, Texas

Event narrative

A storm chaser reported hail as large as two inches in diameter along Texas State Highway 214 north of the Cochran/Yoakum County line. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed once again on the afternoon of the 30th in a multi-day severe weather outbreak. Very warm temperatures developed in eastern New Mexico into the western South Plains during the afternoon of the 30th. Thunderstorms initially developed along an outflow boundary left over from a morning mesoscale convective system. Storms quickly became supercellular and severe as they were able to take advantage of the available instability and produced hail up to 3.50 inches in diameter. Light rain showers in the wake of dissipating storms produced high winds in Lamb County.

High winds from the Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet are listed below:

62 mph at Olton (Lamb County) and

59 mph at Amherst (Lamb County).

View location on OpenStreetMap → (33.4300, -102.8200)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1171712. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.