Hail — Zapata, Texas
2025-05-07 · near San Ygnacio, Zapata, Texas
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Event narrative
Zapata County Sheriff's office state that the public reported golf ball to softball size hail iin the city of San Ygnacio. The hail derived from a supercell thunderstorm that moved east from the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains in northern Mexico. As of this writing, no damage was reported - though there may have been some.
Wider weather episode
A cluster of severe thunderstorms resulted in a couple of large hail reports late on May 6 into early May 7 in Zapata and Starr County.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1257689. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.