Hail — Sutton, Texas

2025-05-27 · near Sonora, Sutton, Texas

Event narrative

Public report from social media of quarter size hail covering the ground at the rest stop west of Sonora.

Wider weather episode

The combination of an upper level area of low pressure and a stationary frontal boundary in the area, resulted in many rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across west central Texas during late May. In addition, strong to locally extreme surface instability along with strong vertical wind shear assisted with the development of severe thunderstorms. A few of the severe storms produced very large to giant size hail and a few tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1264338. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.