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Event Details
| Event | Hail |
| Magnitude | 2.75 in. |
| State | TEXAS |
| County/Area | MARTIN |
| WFO | MAF |
| Begin Date | 04/23/2008 17:16:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range | 6 |
| Begin Azimuth | WSW |
| Begin Location | ACKERLY |
| Begin Lat/Lon | 32.49/-101.82 |
| End Date | 04/23/2008 17:26:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect | 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect | 0/0 |
| Property Damage | 10.00K |
| Crop Damage | 0.00K |
| Episode Narrative | Strong southeast winds were established during the proceeding night bringing abundant low level moisture to the region. By morning, a surface low located just west of Wink had an associated warm front extending northeastward into Oklahoma. Based on the NWS Midland morning upper air balloon sounding, a very unstable airmass was in place. The potential for large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes was realized across the Permain Basin, Western Low Rolling plains, and Trans Pecos Regions as an upper level disturbance interacted with atmospheric instability currently in place across the area. In addition, strong low and mid level wind shear resulted in well organized and long lived thunderstorms. The strongest storms, which produced hail up to softball size and multiple tornadoes, developed as outflow boundaries from thunderstorms north of the area converged with the warm front that became stationary during the afternoon. The severe weather events began by mid morning and lasted into the early evening hours. |
| Event Narrative | Baseball sized hail fell at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 26 and Farm to Market Road 2002. |
All events for this episode:
| Location | County/Zone | St. | Date | Time | T.Z. | Type | Mag | Dth | Inj | PrD | CrD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 180.00K | 0.00K | |||||||
| GAIL | BORDEN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 09:45 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| GAIL | BORDEN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 11:25 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 54 kts. MG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| FLUVANNA | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 11:52 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| GAIL | BORDEN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 13:30 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| KNAPP | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 13:34 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| SNYDER | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 13:37 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WINSTON | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 13:40 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 74 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 40.00K | 0.00K |
| SNYDER WINSTON ARPT | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 13:50 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K |
| WINSTON | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 13:52 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 61 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| SNYDER | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:05 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 51 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| CEMETARY | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:08 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 63 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 20.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:08 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SEMINOLE ARPT | GAINES CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:15 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:33 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SPARENBURG | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:45 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WINSTON | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:45 | CST-6 | Thunderstorm Wind | 61 kts. EG | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| WINSTON | SCURRY CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:45 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 5.00K | 0.00K |
| SPARENBURG | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:56 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SEMINOLE | GAINES CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:56 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SEMINOLE | GAINES CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 14:59 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SPARENBURG | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 15:08 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SEMINOLE | GAINES CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 15:40 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SAND | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 16:05 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| SEMINOLE | GAINES CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 16:23 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.88 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| PATRICIA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 16:29 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| ACKERLY | MARTIN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 17:16 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| ACKERLY | MARTIN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 17:20 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| GAIL | BORDEN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 17:45 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 5.00K | 0.00K |
| LUTHER | HOWARD CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 17:55 | CST-6 | Tornado | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 18:00 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 10.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 18:04 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.00 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 18:10 | CST-6 | Hail | 4.25 in. | 0 | 0 | 50.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 18:15 | CST-6 | Hail | 1.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| LAMESA | DAWSON CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 18:15 | CST-6 | Hail | 2.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| GAIL | BORDEN CO. | TX | 04/23/2008 | 18:30 | CST-6 | Hail | 0.75 in. | 0 | 0 | 0.00K | 0.00K |
| Totals: | 0 | 0 | 180.00K | 0.00K |
