Hail, Cottle
- When
- October 27, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cottle County, Cee Vee
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -100.450
Local broadcast media relayed a photograph of hail up to ping pong ball size.
Hail and High Wind in Texas, October 27 to 28, 2022
A compact but strong upper level low pressure system dropped southeast across New Mexico on the 27th. Cold temperatures aloft and abundant low level moisture were able to create a modestly unstable environment within an atmosphere of strong wind shear.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A compact but strong upper level low pressure system dropped southeast across New Mexico on the 27th. Cold temperatures aloft and abundant low level moisture were able to create a modestly unstable environment within an atmosphere of strong wind shear. The combination of these features created strong thunderstorms on the afternoon and evening of the 27th. One of these storms produced ping ping ball size hail as it moved over Cee Vee (Cottle County). Lingering moderate rain showers early in the morning of the 28th generated a brief period of severe wind gusts near Brownfield (Terry County). A Texas Texas University West Texas mesonet site near Brownfield measured severe wind gusts from 0603 CST through 0607 CST with a peak gust of 65 mph.
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Terry
- When
- October 28, 6:03 AM CST to 6:07 AM CST
- Where
- Terry forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 33.174, -102.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Montana, October 27 to 28, 2022
- Heavy Rain in Florida, October 27 to 28, 2022
- Frost and Freeze in California, October 27, 2022
- Freezing Fog in Oregon, October 27, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 27, 2022
- High Wind in Texas, October 27, 2022
- Flood in Alaska, October 27, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 27, 2022
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1055400, 1055401.