Severe storms and large hail hit parts of Central Texas Thursday night.
Severe storms and large hail hit parts of Central Texas Thursday night, causing severe damage and power outages.
Hail larger than the size of baseballs came down in San Marcos and Johnson City. According to CBS Austin Meteorologist Avery Tomasco, it will "go down in the books as some of the largest to ever fall in the state of Texas." The biggest hailstones fell from Johnson City through much of Hays County where many, many homes and businesses had their windows blown out. The largest hail out of the entire state fell in Johnson City.
The hail in Blanco County was quite literally off the charts. One stone was measured at 6.25”, roughly the same size as the largest model of an iPhone. Hail that big can’t even be properly reported by the National Weather Service because their scale tops out at 5”. 6.25” is among the largest hail to ever fall in Texas, just behind the 6.4” diameter hail that fell west of San Antonio two years ago.The Hays County Sheriff's Office shared photos of shattered windshields.
At around 10 p.m., there were 13,337 without power in San Marcos and the numbers. As of 8 a.m. Friday, that number was reduced down to 4.
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