Hail — Glasscock, Texas

2025-05-26 · near St Lawrence, Glasscock, Texas

Event narrative

A report was received from the public of golf ball-size hail a few miles southeast of Garden City. Occasionally larger hailstones were observed, albeit infrequently.

Wider weather episode

Continuing the pattern from May 24th and 25th, an incoming trough (with embedded disturbances) interacted with a dryline and produced isolated storms in the eastern Permian Basin of West Texas. One thunderstorm developed in Glasscock County and produced hail up to 2 inches in diameter south of Garden City before it moved east of the Midland/Odessa CWA. An additional thunderstorm moved into northern Lea County later in the evening and produced a 58 mph wind gust.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1257560. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.