Thunderstorm Wind — Medina, Texas

1998-02-10 · near Devine, Medina, Texas

Event narrative

Hail propelled by winds estimated at over 80 mph broke windows and destroyed vegetation across the southeast corner of the county. The hail was piled up to 3 feet deep in many locations, and, in spite of temperatures through the mid morning in the mid 60s to near 70, hail piles were still visible at noon when the NWS survey team arrived. Over 1000 windows were broken out of homes and cars in Devine. Major damage was reported to 12 homes with minor damage to nearly 1300 others. Hundreds of cars were damaged by the combination of wind and hail. Also several school buses were damaged.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5631379. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.