Hail in Cooke County, Texas
Hail April 5, 2003 · Cooke County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Large hail damaged approximately 1,000 cars and about the same number of homes.
The wider storm
On April 5th, a lone supercell thunderstorm developed around 300 pm southeast of Claremont, in Kent County. This storm quickly became severe, and by 500 pm had moved eastward into western Young County in North Central Texas. This storm produced large hail, straight line damaging winds, and at least four weak tornadoes across North Central Texas from 510 pm cdt until 1050 pm cdt. This storm quickly dissipated after the last severe weather report at 1050 pm. The damage path across North Texas extended from Padgett, in western Young County, to west of Sulphur Springs in Hopkins County, a distance of approximately 192 miles. This was one of the costliest storms on record to hit North Texas, with damage estimates approximately 885 million dollars.
Began near Gainesville (33.6000, -97.8500).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
4 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5353399. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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