Hail in Kent County, Texas
Hail October 26, 2021 · Kent County, Texas
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A storm chaser measured hail up to ping pong ball size along US Highway 380 in Kent County.
The wider storm
A strong upper level storm system moving across northern New Mexico on the 26th brought severe thunderstorms to the Rolling Plains as moisture surged northward east of a dryline. As lift from the approaching system increased, storms rapidly developed along the dryline Tuesday evening across the central and eastern Rolling Plains. Strong wind shear and decent instability caused several of these storms to become severe as they rapidly evolved into a line. Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in rural Kent County. Even more impressive, a wind gust of 96 mph was measured by the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet near Hackberry (Cottle County) as the storms moved through.
Began near Clairemont (33.1644, -100.8939).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 985309. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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