Hail in Sutton County, Texas

Hail May 8, 2019 · Sutton County, Texas

2.75 in

Hail diameter

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Sonora (30.6200, -100.4400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 827013. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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