Hail — Gaines, Texas

2024-05-30 · near Cedar Lake, Gaines, Texas

Event narrative

This report was received from mPING.

Wider weather episode

A dryline would set up and become focused near the Texas/New Mexico state line south into the Lower Trans Pecos during the afternoon. At the same time, a southwestward advancing outflow boundary generated by a convective system east of the region would interact with the dryline. Initial thunderstorm development occurred near the Stockton Plateau and Llano Estecado. These thunderstorms would mainly produce instances of very large hail through the evening. A separate prolific severe weather-producing supercell would quickly develop at the intersection of the dryline and outflow boundary. This supercell would impact portions of Ector, Midland, and Upton Counties, producing several tornadoes, very large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1181851. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.