Hail — Refugio, Texas

2015-04-22 · near Austwell, Refugio, Texas

Event narrative

Wind blown golf ball sized hail caused damage to many windows in businesses and homes in Austwell.

Wider weather episode

Several supercells developed and tracked east-southeast along a nearly stationary front stretching from the Hill Country to South Texas into the central Gulf of Mexico. These storms contained very large hail, up to tennis ball size near Austwell, and very strong winds greater than 60 mph. Wind damage and flash flooding occurred with these severe thunderstorms also.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 574213. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.