Hail — Tom Green, Texas

2002-03-19 · near San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas

Event narrative

Hail up to golf ball size pounded the southern half of San Angelo shortly after noon, creating drifts several feet deep in places. Around 3500 homes suffered light to moderate damage, along with around 4000 automobiles. Many trees were stripped of their leaves. Hail stayed on the ground for at least 8 hours in some places.

Wider weather episode

A supercell thunderstorm produced 3 tornadoes as it moved from San Angelo northeast to near Ballinger. Although the tornadoes produced minor damages, hail up to the size of golf balls that fell during the storm pounded the southern half of San Angelo, producing over $15 million in damage. Other storms produced quarter size hail and wind damage across parts of the Heartland and Northwest Hill Country.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.4500, -100.4500)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5285800. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.