Hail — Childress, Texas

2025-03-02 · near Kirkland, Childress, Texas

Event narrative

A public report was received of quarter size hail west of Kirkland.

Wider weather episode

A compact upper level low pressure system tracked across New Mexico and West Texas from the morning to afternoon on the second. Strong forcing for ascent with this system combined with a dryline in the Rolling Plains and abundant instability generated isolated thunderstorms in the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle into western Oklahoma. One of these storms became severe in eastern Childress County producing quarter size hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1230425. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.