Texas has had some very bad luck with weather lately and last night was no exception. The Lone Star State bore the brunt of another massive hail storm as San Antonio bashed by bigger than baseball hail.
Texas has had some very bad luck with weather lately and last night was no exception. The Lone Star State bore the brunt of another massive hail storm as San Antonio bashed by bigger than baseball hail.
The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that the storm that slammed SA produced hail as sizeable as 3.5” in diameter. Baseballs range from 2.86” – 2.94”. Mother Nature was pitching it hard last night, especially on the north side of SA. WOAI-TV received reports from local police that many of their cruisers had damaged windshields as a result. Several local residents reported that the hail broke windows in their homes.
One source close to this writer reported damage to the windshield of her husband’s work vehicle. She described the experience as “unnerving.” Personally, if bigger-than-baseball-sized chunks of ice were flying out of the sky near me, my choice of descriptor would most likely be somewhat stronger. However, I’m a Yankee and not accustomed to “hail season,” as I’ve heard it called.
According to Weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce, “The large hail Texas has seen on consecutive days is from a duo of upper-level systems that have moved over the state, one on Monday and another on Tuesday. Those upper-level systems, in combination with warm, moist air near the surface, provided the necessary ingredients for severe thunderstorms to form on back-to-back days.”
In other words, Texas has had some really bad luck with weather this month.
NWS meteorologist Jason Runyen reported to the San Antonio Express-News that these powerful storms also dumped heavy rain on South Texas, as well as hitting the area with high winds. Mr. Runyen said the San Antonio International Airport had 1.26” of rain by 10PM local time on Tuesday. Another NWS report told of winds as high as 62mph blasting through SA during the storm.
Surprisingly, the flight-tracking website FlightAware did not report any flight cancellations at SA International. I can only imagine that any takeoffs or landings that occurred (if any did; I’d expect delays instead) were, at the very least, “unnerving.”
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