Hail, Zavala
- When
- April 24, 7:14 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Zavala County, Crystal City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 28.680, -99.820
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 24 to 25, 2007
A line of severe thunderstorms formed between Crystal City and Carrizo Springs and began to move eastward. As the line crossed into Bexar County near midnight, it began to bow forward and accelerate, producing widespread wind damage.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $665,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms formed between Crystal City and Carrizo Springs and began to move eastward. As the line crossed into Bexar County near midnight, it began to bow forward and accelerate, producing widespread wind damage.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 643 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 .AVIATION... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT KDRT AROUND 03Z AND KSAT-KAUS ARND 06Z. WIND GUSTS TO 45KTS AND HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. OTHERWISE, MVFR CIGS WILL LOWER TO IFR BY 06Z. ONCE THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER THE TERMINALS CIGS WILL LIFT TO VFR AND CLEAR OUT BY 16Z. NW WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS WILL PREVAIL AFTER 16Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 545 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007/ UPDATE... UPDATED FORECAST TO INCREASE 1ST PERIOD POPS A TAD...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS PLATEAU BASED ON 18Z NAM DATA AND THE LATEST RADAR IMAGES SHOWING A LINE OF TSTMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WFO SJT. NEW SUITE OF PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007/ DISCUSSION...BUSY NIGHT AHEAD UPPER SYSTEM ACROSS INTERMOUNTAIN REGION APPEARS TO BE SLOWING AS DRY LINE HAS COME TO A CRAWL ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY EDWARDS..PLATEAU REGIONS. AS UPPER JET STREAKS MOVE OVER AREA IN BASE OF UPPER LOW TONIGHT IT WILL ENCOUNTER THE LOW LEVEL JET FEEDING RICH GULF MOISTURE NORTH. THIS INTERSECTION WITH ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND SHEARS WILL LEAD US TO PREDICT A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER AND EVENTUAL FLASH FLOOD EVENT TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE REGION. THE TROUGH WILL PUSH ACROSS TOMORROW WITH A DRYING WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW. SUBTROPICAL WESTERLIES TAKE OVER THURSDAY WITH DRY COOL NIGHTS AND WARM AFTERNOONS THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME LATE NIGHT AND MORNING RADIATION FOG MAY OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING. UPPER RIDGING WILL FOLLOW OVER THE WEEKEND BUT ANOTHER UPPER LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY AND ALLOW WEAK IMPULSES TO BRING CLOUDINESS INTO THE AREA..DESPITE WEAK RIDGING ALOFT. WELL LIKELY BE INFLUENCED BY THE SUBTROPICAL JET THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASING LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 66 85 54 83 59 / 90 30 - 0 - AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 64 83 52 81 55 / 100 40 - 0 - DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 63 90 58 87 66 / 40 - - - - SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 65 83 54 83 61 / 80 20 - 0 - && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET... CALDWELL...COMAL...DE WITT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE... GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...LAVACA... LEE...LLANO...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON. && 11/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 5:10 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 610 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-252245- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 545 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS GENERALLY TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO BOERNE TO MOUNTAIN HOME TO SAN SABA. OUTSIDE OF THIS LINE...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A STRONG AND SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TORNADO AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF I-10 AS A SLOW MOVING SQUALL LINE SWEEPS SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WIDESPREAD RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF I-10. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:47 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
647 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0643 PM HAIL EAGLE PASS 28.71N 100.49W
04/24/2007 E1.00 INCH MAVERICK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BFLocal storm report, Apr 24, 5:57 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
657 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0654 PM HAIL EAGLE PASS 28.71N 100.49W
04/24/2007 E1.75 INCH MAVERICK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
BFLocal storm report, Apr 24, 7:04 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
804 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 PM TORNADO 3 SE EAGLE PASS 28.68N 100.46W
04/24/2007 MAVERICK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
MAVERICK CO DISPATCH REPORTED A TORNADO IN LOMA LINDA.
MULTIPLE INJURIES WITH DAMAGE TO HOMES. TIME ESTIMATED
FROM RADAR.
&&
BFThe radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.
Event by event
10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dimmit
- When
- April 24, 7:25 PM CST to 7:31 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County, 1 mi NE of Big Wells
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 28.580, -99.558
Hail, Dimmit
- When
- April 24, 10:20 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County, Carrizo Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 28.520, -99.850
Hail, Medina
- When
- April 24, 10:20 PM CST to 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Medina County, Yancey to Natalia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 29.130, -99.150
Hail, Bexar
- When
- April 24, 11:00 PM CST to 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, Helotes
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 29.580, -98.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Atascosa
- When
- April 24, 11:10 PM CST to 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, 12 mi NW of Poteet
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.153, -98.720
A severe thunderstorm struck Atascosa County with wind gusts estimated near 70 knots, damaging and rolling a mobile home and blowing down trees just northwest of Poteet.
Hail, Comal
- When
- April 24, 11:15 PM CST to 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Comal County, 5 mi ENE of New Braunfels
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 29.728, -98.053
Thunderstorm Wind, Bexar
- When
- April 24, 11:50 PM CST to April 25, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Bexar County, San Antonio to 20 mi E of San Antonio
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -98.500
A line of thunderstorms moved into Bexar County just after midnight, producing widespread wind damage to trees northeast of San Antonio. Gusts were estimated in the range of 40 to 50 knots with higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage reported was in the form of trees blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Comal
- When
- April 24, 11:50 PM CST to April 25, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Comal County, Bulverde to 7 mi E of New Braunfels
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.730, -98.470
A bow-shaped echo across Comal, Bexar and Wilson Counties began producing severe winds just before midnight that were estimated generally in the 60 to 70 knot range. The storms produced widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage was to trees that were knocked over in the southern portion of Comal County.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- April 24, 11:50 PM CST to April 25, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, 7 mi NW of Floresville to Stockdale
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.202, -98.252
A bow-shaped echo across Comal, Bexar and Wilson Counties began producing severe winds just before midnight that were estimated generally in the 60 to 70 knot range. The storms produced widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. The damage was mainly to trees in the northern part of Wilson County.
Thunderstorm Wind, Guadalupe
- When
- April 25, 12:00 AM CST to 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Guadalupe County, Marion to 10 mi E of Kingsbury
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.550, -98.150
The bow-shaped line along the Comal-Bexar-Wilson line moved into Hays and Guadalupe Counties near midnight, continuing to produce widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage in Guadalupe County consisted of trees that had been blown over.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hays
- When
- April 25, 12:10 AM CST to 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hays County, 10 mi NW of San Marcos to 10 mi NE of San Marcos
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 30.002, -98.018
The bow-shaped line along the Comal-Bexar-Wilson line moved into Hays and Guadalupe Counties near midnight, continuing to produce widespread wind gusts of 40 to 50 knots, with spotty higher gusts near 70 knots. Most of the damage consisted of knocked-over trees in southern Hays County.
Thunderstorm Wind, Caldwell
- When
- April 25, 12:25 AM CST to 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Caldwell County, Martindale to Mc Mahan
- Measured
- 95 kt (109 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.850, -97.820
The bow-shaped line along the Hays-Guadalupe-Wilson Counties accelerated as it crossed into Caldwell and Gonzales Counties after 1 am CST. The storms were now producing widespread wind gusts of 60 to 70 knots, with spotty higher gusts approaching 90 knots. Again, most of the damage was in the form of trees blown down, with some damages to roofs of homes. The worst damage was noted in central Lockhart where a old house was blown down. Wind gust estimates at this location were near 95 knots.
Thunderstorm Wind, Gonzales
- When
- April 25, 12:40 AM CST to 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Gonzales County, Leesville to 8 mi SE of Waelder
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 29.400, -97.750
The bow-shaped line along the Hays-Guadalupe-Wilson Counties accelerated as it crossed into Caldwell and Gonzales Counties near 12:30 am CST. The storms were now producing widespread wind gusts of 60 to 70 knots, with spotty higher gusts approaching 80 knots. Again, most of the damage was in the form of trees blown down, with some damages to roofs of homes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bastrop
- When
- April 25, 1:10 AM CST to 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Bastrop County, Red Rock to Bastrop
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.970, -97.450
After exiting Caldwell and Gonzales Counties, the bow-shaped line became weaker on its south end with the higher winds concentrated in the northern half of the line. This portion of the line moved into Bastrop and Fayette Counties shortly after 1 am CST. The storm damage in Bastrop County was over the western half of the county and in the form of trees blown down. Only minor damage was noted to homes and structures. Estimates are that the winds in the storms generally ranged from 50 to 60 knots with higher gusts to 70 knots.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- April 25, 1:15 AM CST to 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Cistern to La Grange
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 29.820, -97.220
After exiting Caldwell and Gonzales Counties, the bow-shaped line became weaker on its south end with the higher winds concentrated in the northern half of the line. This portion of the line moved into Bastrop and Fayette Counties shortly after 1 am CST. Storm damage in Fayette County was generally confined to the western half of the county in the form of trees blown down. Minor damage was also note to homes and structures. Estimates are that the winds in the storms generally ranged from 50 to 60 knots with higher gusts to 70 knots.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 24, 2007
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, April 24, 2007
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 24, 2007
- Lightning Strikes in Nebraska, April 24, 2007
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 24, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, April 24 to 25, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flood in Colorado, April 24, 2007
- Flood and Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2007
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 27709, 27711, 27712, 27713, 27714, 27715, 27716, 27717, 27718, 27719, 27720, 27721, 27722, 27723, 27724, 27725.