Hail — Lamb, Texas

2025-04-22 · near Littlefield, Lamb, Texas

Event narrative

A public report was received of tennis ball size hail north of Littlefield near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2197 and US Highway 385. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

Despite the absence of large scale lift over West Texas, numerous severe thunderstorms were able to form on the afternoon of the 22nd. Strong surface heating existed along and east of a diffuse dryline roughly around the US Highway 385 corridor. Low level moisture return east of the dryline combined with steep mid level lapse rates to create an unstable atmosphere by mid-afternoon. Veering and increasing winds with height allowed some storms to become organized and produced large hail and damaging wind gusts. The initial activity developed over the south-central Texas Panhandle, with additional development farther southwestward into the western South Plains. Large hail up to tennis ball size and gusty outflow winds were common with the strongest storms. One particularly intense storm approached the Matador area (Motley County). This storm was rotating rapidly aloft but never produced a tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242293. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.