Hail in Texas, April 30, 2012

Name: Hail in Texas, April 30, 2012
Start: 2012-04-30T15:45
End: 2012-04-30T20:31
Location: Texas

April 30, 2012 · NWS LUB · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $300
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 LUB wrote it up.

Upslope flow impinging on an outflow boundary served to focus scattered thunderstorm development late in the afternoon of the 30th, mainly in Garza, Kent and Stonewall Counties. Ample wind shear and strong instability led to some of these storms becoming supercells accompanied by very large hail. The most prolific of these storms was a splitting supercell near Post that produced baseball size hail north of town. This supercell created two left-moving supercells; both of which traveled nearly 90 miles northeast into the northern Rolling Plains while dropping hail up to baseball size. Late in the evening, severe storms in the southeast Texas Panhandle grazed northern Childress County with large hail. Also, very beneficial rains in excess of one inch fell mainly over eastern Garza and western Kent Counties during the evening where Lake Alan Henry recorded heavy rains for a third consecutive day.

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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 1:26 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 1:26 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
226 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

.SHORT TERM...
WE ARE BASICALLY IN A WAIT AND SEE MODE FOR WHEN/IF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL INITIATE.  19Z RADAR IMAGE SHOWS TWO BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE
AREA...FIRST ONE WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF LUBBOCK WHICH WAS ORIENTED
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WITH THE SECOND ONE LOCATED OVER THE ROLLING
PLAINS ORIENTED NORTH/SOUTH. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND
OFFICE TOWER CAMERA ARE SHOWING CU FIELD TRYING TO DEVELOP ALONG
THIS BOUNDARY WHILE SKIES ARE TRYING TO CLEAR IMMEDIATELY
EAST/NORTHEAST OF THE BOUNDARY.  THERE IS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
DYNAMICS TO HELP SHARPEN THE DRYLINE AND PUSH IT EAST SO FEEL THAT
THE WESTERN BOUNDARY SHOULD NOT MOVE TOO MUCH FURTHER EAST.
DEWPOINTS IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND EAST OF THE BOUNDARY HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN SLOWLY RISING AS EVAPORATION TAKES PLACE FROM THE RAINFALL
YESTERDAY WHICH SHOULD ALSO HELP TO SHARPEN UP THE BOUNDARY A BIT.
19Z RUC RUN KEEPS KLBB CAPPED ALTHOUGH STRENGTH OF THE CAP IS NOT
INSURMOUNTABLE AND THE LATEST HRRR RUNS CONTINUE TO TRY AND BREAK
OUT CONVECTION.  THUS...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT STILL LOOKS GOOD WITH
MAIN THREATS LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AS WELL AS DAMAGING
WINDS... BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO STILL REMAINS POSSIBLE.

FORECAST FOR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WILL HINGE ON HOW THINGS DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON.  LOW TEMPS WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
OVER MOST OF THE AREA AS RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAIN IN PLACE
OVER THE REGION.  DRYLINE TOMORROW MAY TRY TO PUSH A BIT FURTHER
EAST TOMORROW BUT POOR HANDLE OF THE DRYLINE LAST SEVERAL RUNS IN
THE MODELS MAKE ME A BIT SUSPICIOUS OF WHERE IT MAY BE LOCATED
TOMORROW.  IF THE WIND DOES INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST...
TEMPERATURES WEST OF THE DRYLINE MAY JUMP INTO THE LOW/MID 90S WHILE
ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE
80S.  ALSO WENT AHEAD AND BUMPED POPS UP INTO THE LOW END OF SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR THE ROLLING PLAINS AS THERE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE QUITE A
BIT OF INSTABILITY EAST OF THE DRYLINE ALTHOUGH CAP STRENGTH MAY
LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTION FOR TOMORROW.

JORDAN

&&

.LONG TERM...

AN UA LOW ACROSS THE EASTERN PACIFIC IS PROGGED TO NEAR THE BAJA OF
CALIFORNIA LATE TOMORROW NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THUS
PROMOTING THE SHARPENING OF SW FLOW ALOFT. AS SUCH...THE DRYLINE
WILL BE A PROMINENT MESOSCALE FEATURE THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED
FORECAST. FORECAST MODELS HINT AT QPF ALONG THE DRYLINE /LOCATED OFF
THE CAPROCK/ TOMORROW NIGHT...AS AN IMPULSE IN THE SW FLOW ALOFT
MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS DISPLAYED ADEQUATE
CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE...PWATS AOA 1.00 INCH AND SFC AND MID
LEVEL INSTABILITY/CAPE OF APPROXIMATELY 1200 J/KG ACROSS THE ROLLING
PLAINS. ALTHOUGH PROGGED MODEL SOUNDINGS EXHIBITED MOISTENED
MID-LEVELS...LOW LEVELS APPEAR RELATIVELY DRY. CURRENT THINKING IS
THAT GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...WITH LITTLE RAINFALL
ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...HAVE OPTED TO ADD MENTIONABLE POPS ACROSS
THE ROLLING PLAINS NEAREST TO THE BEST MOISTURE AXIS...AS THE
AFOREMENTIONED EMBEDDED DISTURBANCE MAY JUST BE THE SYNOPTIC SPARK
TO INITIATE STORMS. BY THURSDAY THE UA LOW WILL BE TRANSLATING
ACROSS THE BAJA OF CALIFORNIA. ONCE AGAIN THERE ARE HINTS OF CI JUST
SOUTH OF THE CWA ALONG THE DRYLINE...WHICH IS SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED
ON THE CAPROCK EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER EMBEDDED IMPULSES IN
THE FLOW ALOFT BRUSHING THE FAR SERN ZONES THURSDAY NIGHT COULD
PROMOTE ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF PRECIP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROLLING
PLAINS. WILL HOLD OFF ON A PRECIP MENTION ATTM...AS BEST INSTABILITY
APPEARS TO BE SE OF THE FA.

THEREAFTER...UA RIDGING WILL COMMENCE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION
FRI-SAT AS LACK OF PRECIP DESPITE A LINGERING DRYLINE SUGGESTS A
DECENT CAPPING INVERSION AT PLAY. WILL HOWEVER NEED TO MONITOR LATER
MODEL RUNS AS TEMPS IN THE 90S MAY BE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP...AND
INITIATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE INFLUENCE OF THE UA RIDGE
WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS IT SHIFTS EAST OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY
SUNDAY...THANKS TO A NW PACIFIC UA LOW DEEPENING ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN /THIS IS A RADICAL CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS RUN/. HINTS OF
CONVECTION OCCURRING NEAR THE STATE LINE ALONG THE DRYLINE
SUNDAY/MONDAY MORNING IS DISPLAYED BY BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF
SOLUTIONS. WILL HOWEVER MAINTAIN SILENT POPS ATTM SINCE NEXT MONDAY
IS DAY 7 AND AS MENTIONED...A LOT OF THINGS CAN CHANGE.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
A DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO SHARPEN ACROSS THE ROLLING PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY...AND ALLOW DRIER AIR WEST OF THE DRYLINE...TO FILTER
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. TEMPS APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL WILL PROMOTE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 15
PERCENT...AS 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS NEAR/SLIGHTLY EXCEED 20 MPH. AS A
RESULT...ELEVATED TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY
OCCUR...AND A MENTION BEYOND THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK MAY BE
WARRANTED. ONLY MITIGATING FACTOR MAY WHERE AND HOW MUCH EXPECTED
RAINFALL THE AREA WILL RECEIVE TODAY...WHICH COULD PROMOTE GREENUP
AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THAN ANTICIPATED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FRIONA        55  91  55  88  53 /  30   0   0   0   0
TULIA         60  92  58  90  55 /  40  10  10  10  10
PLAINVIEW     61  93  59  91  57 /  40  10  10  10  10
LEVELLAND     61  92  59  93  58 /  10  10  10  10  10
LUBBOCK       63  92  61  94  60 /  20  10  10  10  10
DENVER CITY   59  94  58  93  58 /  10  10  10  10  10
BROWNFIELD    62  94  59  94  58 /  10  10  10  10  10
CHILDRESS     64  92  64  94  62 /  40  20  20  10  10
SPUR          66  91  62  94  60 /  40  20  20  10  10
ASPERMONT     68  91  64  97  63 /  40  20  20  10  20

&&

.LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

14/29

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 11:20 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1220 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

TXZ021>044-011730-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-
FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
1220 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

CONVECTIVE

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF A DRYLINE
WHICH WILL MOVE TO NEAR A FRIONA...LITTLEFIELD...TO BROWNFIELD
LINE BY THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE. CONDITIONS WILL BE MARGINAL FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

FIRE DANGER MAY BECOME ELEVATED TO CRITICAL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
SOUTH PLAINS LATE IN THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.

JORDAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 2:01 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
301 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HAIL             LITTLEFIELD             33.92N 102.33W
04/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       LAMB               TX   PUBLIC

            GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED IN LITTLEFIELD. RELAYED BY
            VIEWER TO KCBD.

0756 PM     HAIL             4 SSW WHITHARRAL        33.68N 102.35W
04/29/2012  E2.75 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   STORM CHASER

0758 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E LEVELLAND           33.58N 102.33W
04/29/2012                   HOCKLEY            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            POWER POLES DOWN 2 MILES EAST OF LEVELLAND ON HIGHWAY
            114.

0815 PM     HAIL             6 NNW ROPESVILLE        33.49N 102.19W
04/29/2012  M1.75 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   METEOROLOGIST

0822 PM     HAIL             SMYER                   33.59N 102.16W
04/29/2012  M1.50 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0825 PM     HAIL             6 NNW ROPESVILLE        33.49N 102.19W
04/29/2012  M2.50 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   METEOROLOGIST

0844 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 SW WOLFFORTH          33.46N 102.07W
04/29/2012                   LUBBOCK            TX   SKYWARN SPOTTER

0851 PM     HAIL             7 SW LUBBOCK            33.51N 101.94W
04/29/2012  M1.50 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED AT 93RD AND MILWAYKEE.

0851 PM     HAIL             8 SW LUBBOCK            33.49N 101.97W
04/29/2012  M1.50 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORT AT 93RD AND MILWAUKEE

0855 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 SSW WOLFFORTH         33.43N 102.05W
04/29/2012  M85 MPH          LUBBOCK            TX   MESONET

            RECORDED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION.

0855 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S WOLFFORTH           33.43N 102.01W
04/29/2012                   LUBBOCK            TX   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TREES UPROOTED AND ROOF OFF OF A HOME. MOBILE HOME ALSO
            LOST ROOF. ESTIMATED WINDS 80-90 MPH.

0900 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE ROPESVILLE         33.43N 102.13W
04/29/2012                   HOCKLEY            TX   UTILITY COMPANY

            THREE POWER POLES DOWN WEST OF U.S. 62 AND 82 ALONG
            FOSTER RD.

0900 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 SSW WOLFFORTH         33.43N 102.05W
04/29/2012  M95 MPH          LUBBOCK            TX   MESONET

            OBSERVED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET SITE.

0909 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            114TH AND MILWAUKEE

0909 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/29/2012  E2.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SLIDE ROAD AND 150TH... WINDSHIELDS AND SKYLIGHTS
            DESTROYED

0912 PM     HAIL             3 W WOODROW             33.45N 101.90W
04/29/2012  E2.00 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            154TH AND INDIANA

0914 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            COVERING ROAD AT SLIDE AND 150TH STREET

0915 PM     HAIL             LEVELLAND               33.58N 102.36W
04/29/2012  E0.88 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0921 PM     HAIL             LUBBOCK                 33.58N 101.88W
04/29/2012  M2.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            120TH AND MILWAUKEE

0930 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 SSE LEVELLAND        33.45N 102.30W
04/29/2012                   HOCKLEY            TX   UNKNOWN

            THREE POWER POLES DOWN NORTHEAST OF INTERSECTION OF
            U.S. 385 AND FM41.

0931 PM     HAIL             6 ESE WOODROW           33.41N 101.75W
04/29/2012  E2.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LOST WINDSHIELD TO BASEBALL HAIL JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY
            87 ON 41.

0933 PM     HAIL             3 SE WOODROW            33.42N 101.81W
04/29/2012  M1.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0933 PM     HAIL             5 E SLIDE               33.41N 101.84W
04/29/2012  E2.75 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERE HAIL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES AND AUTOMOBILES ALONG
            FM 41 WEST OF US 87

0938 PM     HAIL             7 E NEW HOME            33.33N 101.79W
04/29/2012  E2.75 INCH       LYNN               TX   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            WINDSHIELD DESTROYED

0950 PM     HAIL             6 NNW ROPESVILLE        33.49N 102.19W
04/29/2012  E1.00 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   METEOROLOGIST

            HEAVY FLOODING ALONG WITH HAIL

1004 PM     HAIL             5 E ROPESVILLE          33.41N 102.07W
04/29/2012  E2.50 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            ON 41

1009 PM     HAIL             3 SE WOODROW            33.42N 101.81W
04/29/2012  E2.00 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            COVERING GROUND

1012 PM     HAIL             1 S SLATON              33.42N 101.64W
04/29/2012  E1.00 INCH       LUBBOCK            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1017 PM     HAIL             6 W NEW HOME            33.33N 102.01W
04/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       LYNN               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            179 AND 211

1029 PM     HAIL             SOUTHLAND               33.36N 101.55W
04/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       GARZA              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1033 PM     FLOOD            5 WSW WOLFFORTH         33.48N 102.09W
04/29/2012                   HOCKLEY            TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            ON 1585 BETWEEN 385 AND 62 82... ROAD IMPASSIBLE... 20
            MILE STRETCH

1038 PM     HAIL             1 SE ROPESVILLE         33.40N 102.14W
04/29/2012  E1.00 INCH       HOCKLEY            TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1112 PM     HAIL             TAHOKA                  33.16N 101.79W
04/29/2012  E1.75 INCH       LYNN               TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

1115 PM     HAIL             TAHOKA                  33.16N 101.79W
04/29/2012  E2.00 INCH       LYNN               TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

1127 PM     FLOOD            3 SW WOLFFORTH          33.48N 102.04W
04/29/2012                   LUBBOCK            TX   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            REPORT OF 2.5 FEET OF WATER OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 62 AND
            82. WATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD.

1131 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S LEVELLAND           33.51N 102.36W
04/29/2012                   HOCKLEY            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FENCES BLOWN DOWN AT 1585 AND 3261... 50-60 HEAD OF
            CATTLE LOSE ON ROAD

1149 PM     HAIL             TAHOKA                  33.16N 101.79W
04/29/2012  M1.75 INCH       LYNN               TX   STORM CHASER

            GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED IN TAHOKA.

1232 AM     FLOOD            1 SE SOUTHLAND          33.35N 101.54W
04/30/2012                   GARZA              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER COVERING US HIGHWAY 84 SUCH THAT TRACTOR TRAILERS
            UNABLE TO PASS

&&

EVENT NUMBER LUB1200188 LUB1200189 LUB1200190 LUB1200191 LUB1200192
LUB1200193 LUB1200195 LUB1200194 LUB1200220 LUB1200196 LUB1200224
LUB1200223 LUB1200225 LUB1200197 LUB1200204 LUB1200198 LUB1200199
LUB1200222 LUB1200200 LUB1200226 LUB1200201 LUB1200202 LUB1200218
LUB1200203 LUB1200205 LUB1200206 LUB1200209 LUB1200207 LUB1200208
LUB1200210 LUB1200211 LUB1200212 LUB1200213 LUB1200214 LUB1200215
LUB1200221 LUB1200216 LUB1200217

SRC

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The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.

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9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Garza

When: April 30, 3:45 PM CST to 4:45 PM CST
Where: Garza County, 2.76 mi N of Post to 9.49 mi NNE of Augustus
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $300
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 33.220, -101.380

A swath of very large hail fell from just north of Post east into eastern Garza County. A vehicle's windshield was damaged by baseball size hail two miles north of Post along highway 207. Farther east, a half-mile corridor of hail up to two inches in diameter fell at highways 380 and 208.

Hail, Garza

When: April 30, 4:16 PM CST
Where: Garza County, 3.61 mi SE of Augustus
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 33.090, -101.260

Pea to nickel size hail fell along highway 84. No damage was reported.

Hail, Crosby

When: April 30, 4:27 PM CST
Where: Crosby County, 1.86 mi WNW of Kalgary
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 33.410, -101.180

The public estimated quarter size hail along the Crosby-Garza County line. No damage was reported.

Hail, Garza

When: April 30, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Garza County, 10.82 mi NE of Justiceburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 33.150, -101.080

A storm chaser measured one inch hail north of the Polar community. No damage was reported.

Hail, Dickens

When: April 30, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Dickens County, 1.72 mi W of Mc Adoo
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 33.730, -101.010

Fire personnel estimated quarter size hail near McAdoo. No damage was reported.

Hail, Motley

When: April 30, 5:13 PM CST to 5:32 PM CST
Where: Motley County, 0.57 mi W of Roaring Spgs to 2.86 mi E of Matador
Measured: 2 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 33.900, -100.860

A left-moving supercell produced a swath of hail from Roaring Springs northeast to Matador. The largest hail estimated up to two inches in diameter occurred 3E Matador along Highway 70. Other hail reports included quarter size in Roaring Springs, golfball size 3SE Matador and also in Matador shortly thereafter. No damage was reported.

Hail, Dickens

When: April 30, 5:52 PM CST to 5:54 PM CST
Where: Dickens County, 2.15 mi SSW of Dickens to 0.58 mi W of Dickens
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 33.590, -100.840

The left-moving supercell that began in northern Garza County continued moving northeast accompanied by hail as large as baseballs 2W Dickens. Golfball size hail also fell in Dickens and 2S Dickens. No reports of damage were received.

Hail, Cottle

When: April 30, 6:58 PM CST
Where: Cottle County, 0.69 mi S of Paducah
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 34.010, -100.300

The Paducah fire department estimated quarter size hail in the city. No damage was reported.

Hail, Hall

When: April 30, 8:31 PM CST
Where: Hall County, 0.89 mi NW of Memphis
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.730, -100.540

Law enforcement estimated quarter size hail in Memphis. No damage was reported.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 368314, 368316, 368318, 368319, 368509, 368510, 368322, 368511, 368323.