Hail — Lipscomb, Texas

2025-05-18 · near Follett, Lipscomb, Texas

Wider weather episode

In the late afternoon to early evening hours of May 18, a strong upper level storm system and surface dryline created favorable conditions for severe thunderstorms across the far eastern Panhandles. This environment was characterized by extreme instability and very high surface dewpoints in the low 70s east of the dryline, which supported all hazards of severe weather. Two supercells developed in the eastern Texas Panhandle. One moved to the north and produced large hail up to golfball size before moving into the Oklahoma Panhandle. The other also produced large hail up to baseball size along with a couple of tornadoes near the state line with western Oklahoma.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1259111. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.