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Hail in Gillespie County, Texas

Hail May 26, 2025 · Gillespie County, Texas

3 in

Hail diameter

$2K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail west of Fredericksburg. The broke some windows in a house.

The wider storm

An upper-level shortwave trough moved across a cold front over South-Central Texas and generated thunderstorms. The warm, moist airmass had steep mid-level lapse rates, and some of the storms produced large hail. There were also a few reports of damaging wind gusts and heavy rain that led to flash flooding.

Began near Fredericksburg Arpt (30.2800, -98.9200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1264453. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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