Hail — Schleicher, Texas

2020-04-12 · near El Dorado Muni Arpt, Schleicher, Texas

Event narrative

An amateur radio operator reported nickel to quarter size hail.

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level disturbance interacted with an increasingly unstable airmass to produce supercell thunderstorms. These supercell thunderstorms resulted in many reports of large hail and damaging winds on April 11.

A couple of long track supercells spawned at least two tornadoes shortly after midnight on Easter Sunday April 12. One twister tracked near Melvin and stayed over ranch land, while another tornado tracked south of Ozona and also remained mostly over ranch land. At the beginning of it's life cycle, the tornado in Crockett County struck a residence and resulted in EF-0 damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 884543. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.