Midland odessa grapefruit size hail windows#

In addition to generating very large hail and damaging winds, the Tuesday evening supercell produced one brief tornado near Dougherty, in a rural area of southeastern Floyd County. The pictures were taken the following day by the NWS Lubbock Damage Survey Team. The severe winds swept through the town, destroying an old, abandoned grocery store (shown below), while causing considerable roof damage to several other structures.Ī building in McAdoo that was destroyed by a severe thunderstorm Wednesday evening (25 April 2023). The McAdoo West Texas Mesonet (WTM), located 3 miles north-northwest of the community, measured a peak gust of 90 mph at 9:39 pm. The hail-producing thunderstorm occasionally generated intense straight-line winds too. The picture was taken the following day by the NWS Lubbock Damage Survey Team. Hail damage sustained to vehicles in Dickens on Wednesday evening (25 April 2023).

Midland odessa grapefruit size hail windows#

Windows were smashed out of homes and vehicles, while roofs and siding incurred large impact craters. The large to giant hail caused significant damage around the region, including Dickens, which took a direct hit. 'RGB-True Color' satellite animation valid from 3:06 pm to 7:26 pm on Wednesday (25 April 2023). During its 6+ hour trek, the thunderstorm was a proficient hail producer, tossing hail as large as baseballs, softballs and even grapefruit. The southeast track of the supercell brought the thunderstorm across Tulia, just northeast of Floydada, and eventually through McAdoo and Dickens before finally weakening over far southeast Dickens County late Tuesday evening. The pictures were relayed by Jacob Riley and are courtesy of Alana Pollard and Dolores Nix, respectively. Large hail that fell in Dickens (left) and Tulia (right) on Wednesday evening (25 April). Once the storm became organized and started rotating, it 'turned to the right,' which means that it moved more southeastward (and opposed to eastward). The most intense storm of the day evolved from a cluster of thunderstorms over the southwestern Texas Panhandle during the late afternoon hours. A regional radar animation, valid from 3:35 pm on April 25th to 6:05 am on April 27th, can be VIEWED HERE. Lubbock WSR-88D radar animation valid from 5:52 pm to 9:57 pm on Wednesday (25 April). Although moisture levels and instability were not particularly high by late April standards, they were sufficient, when coupled with improving vertical wind shear, to support organized thunderstorms, including rotating (supercell) storms. The initial thunderstorm development was concentrated across the southwestern Texas Panhandle as well as the western South Plains, in close proximity to the warm front and dryline, respectively. Water vapor satellite animation valid from 6:21 am to 7:26 am on Wednesday (26 April 2023). The approach of an upper level storm system through the Four Corners, in combination with a gradual return of Gulf of Mexico moisture, teamed with a tightening dryline and lifting warm front to trigger scattered thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon and evening (25 April 2023). Supercell thunderstorm east of Floydada Tuesday evening (25 April 2023). Companies have declared the storm a catastrophe and are sending in additional adjusters to handle the claims.Supercell brings very large hail, damaging winds and a brief tornado Amanda Bell with the Davis Body Shop in Odessa said everybody is swamped from last night’s storm, especially the glass companies.īoth homeowners and vehicle owners are urged to assess the damage to their property and contact their insurance companies as soon as possible. “We’ve had hail as large as 4 and a quarter inches and wind gusts near 70 miles per hour reported in both Midland and Odessa and in adjoining counties,” said Lister.Īuto body shops in the area are expected to begin filling up quickly with damaged cars. “We’ve been hit with large hail the last two days and last night was especially hard and we are supposed to get hit again tonight.”Īlex Lister, senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in Midland, said grapefruit size hail was reported one mile south of Midland while baseball size hail was reported in Odessa.

“It’s been nuts,” said Andrea Hidalgo with the Tara Simmons Insurance Agency in Odessa.