Hail — Crane, Texas

2021-04-27 · near Crane, Crane, Texas

Event narrative

A thunderstorm produced ping pong to two inch hail stones near Crane, TX.

Wider weather episode

An upper level trough was over the Desert Southwest. A dryline was

present across West Texas. There was high instability and high

moisture east of the dryline. Wind shear was also high across the

area. These conditions resulted in thunderstorms that produced large

hail, strong and damaging winds, and a tornado across portions of the

Permian Basin.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (31.3733, -102.3370)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 950590. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.