Hail — Sutton, Texas

2019-05-08 · near Sonora, Sutton, Texas

Event narrative

The public reported baseball size hail 12 miles east of Sonora.

Wider weather episode

Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8. These severe storms produced baseball size hail near Sonora and damaging thunderstorm wind gust reports across the area.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (30.6200, -100.4400)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 827013. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.