Hail — Lynn, Texas

2025-06-02 · near Tahoka, Lynn, Texas

Event narrative

Local broadcast media relayed a report of half dollar size hail near Tahoka. This hail became wind driven and stripped crops and trees in and around Tahoka.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed on the afternoon of the second producing severe wind gusts across the South Plains and extreme southern Texas Panhandle. A strong short wave trough moved across southern Arizona into New Mexico bringing robust large scale ascent to West Texas. Very strong surface heating with temperatures warming into the 90s created a deeply mixed boundary layer. Thunderstorms developed early in the afternoon with a quick erosion of a cap, however, the warm surface temperatures kept cloud bases very high. As a result, numerous severe outflow winds were observed from this thunderstorm activity. Several locations around the South Plains incurred damage from the intense winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1254658. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.