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😳 Giant to Mega Hail in Texas Today

Storms will be big-time hailers and they come with a low tornado risk too.

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Tornado Titans
Apr 28, 2023
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It seems like every day this week we’ve been talking about big time hailers in Texas and, well *points to the calendar*.

Expect storms to form sometime just after 1:30 p.m. this afternoon with a large hail threat apparent from the first sprinkles from any storm tower. There is also going to be a localized enhanced tornado threat for a very brief window.

Lots of Ingredients Are Present for Severe Weather

Today’s event features a “just-in-time” moisture fetch, which means it probably won’t be of the upmost quality but should field moderate to strong instability.

  • Aloft, winds associated with the compact system will be more than enough to organize storms into supercells.

  • There will be a surface low, practical warm front, dryline, and cold front all in play today. The spin associated with where all these surface features basically meet up will be the area I’m watching closest for tornado potential.

  • Soundings are analogous to giant to mega hail events. Today could be a day with many reports of ba…

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