DALLAS, TX — Hail swaths measuring between 2 and 4.5 inches in diameter carved destructive paths across a wide stretch of Oklahoma and Texas over the last 24 hours, producing significant and widespread property damage across multiple communities as stronger storm cells dropped some of the largest hail recorded during the severe weather outbreak across the region.
Baseball sized hail was still actively falling near Waco during the evening hours, extending the destructive hail event beyond the initial outbreak and continuing to threaten vehicles, rooftops, and exposed property across communities south of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
24-Hour Hail Swath Map Reveals Devastating Coverage
The 24-hour hail swath map captured across seven radar frames showed an extraordinary and wide-reaching pattern of hail-producing storms stretching from Tulsa and Stillwater in the north through Oklahoma City, Norman, Ada, Ardmore, Durant, and Sherman, continuing southward through the full Dallas-Fort Worth corridor and extending toward Corsicana, Cleburne, and Waco in Central Texas.
Multiple distinct hail swath corridors were visible across the map, reflecting the numerous discrete supercell storms and squall line segments that moved through the region during the 24-hour period and deposited destructive hail across an enormous geographic footprint spanning two states.
Hail Reports Reach 4.5 Inches in Stronger Storms
The most intense storms within the 24-hour period produced hail reaching 4.5 inches in diameter, a size classified as softball level and capable of causing catastrophic damage to any exposed surface or structure. Reports ranging from 2 inches up to 4.5 inches with the stronger storm cells confirmed the extraordinary severity of the hail event across Oklahoma and Texas.
Damage from hail of this magnitude extended across vehicle rooftops, windshields, residential and commercial roofing systems, siding, windows, and any outdoor equipment or property left unsheltered during the storm passage through the affected communities.
Baseball Hail Still Falling Near Waco as Evening Continues
Adding to the already significant damage footprint from the 24-hour event, baseball sized hail was still actively dropping near Waco during the evening hours, meaning the destructive hail threat had not yet concluded for communities in Central Texas. The continued hail activity south of Dallas extended the damage risk well into the evening and kept the severe weather threat active across the southern portion of the hail swath corridor.
Residents across Waco, Corsicana, Cleburne, Ennis, and surrounding Central Texas communities were advised to keep vehicles and property sheltered until the active hail-producing storm cells fully cleared the region. For continuing coverage of severe weather events and critical storm analysis across the United States, visit gordonramsayclub.com.
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