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Hail in Refugio County, Texas

Hail April 22, 2015 · Refugio County, Texas

2.5 in

Hail diameter

$50K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind blown tennis ball sized hail destroyed windows and siding in Hopper's Landing.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Austwell (28.3481, -96.7976).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 574214. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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