Hail — Kent, Texas

2021-05-03 · near Jayton Kent Co Arpt, Kent, Texas

Wider weather episode

An approaching upper level trough allowed for scattered thunderstorms to develop across eastern New Mexico into the South Plains on the afternoon of the third. A stalled cold front located from southeastern New Mexico through the southern South Plains and southern Rolling Plains generated a strong thermal boundary with ample instability to the south of the front. The most intense storm of the afternoon developed near the Texas/New Mexico state line and tracked eastward through the southern South Plains in the afternoon and then into the southern Rolling Plains in the evening. This long track supercell generated hail as large as golf balls and accumulating small hail along its path.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 947891. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.