Damaging Hailstorm Sweeps Through Austin, Texas

Big storms are a common occurrence in Texas. That's just a fact of living where air masses clash so frequently. Hail storms happen quite often as well with somewhere around 50 thunderstorm days per year for the Austin area. Wednesday, May 28, 2025 was one of those days with a notable storm that impacted the region.

I found quite a few videos and a storm survey already from the National Weather Service about the storm that rolled through causing quite a bit of damage. The storm survey shows that a supercell moved through and a microburst left a damage path of about 10 miles. Numerous trees and power lines were damaged and the storm was up to 2.5 miles wide some points. More of the official report can be seen here.

Damage was done by the hail core associated with this supercell and some of that can be seen in some videos that I found on YouTube.

How big was the hail that impacted Texas?

According to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports for May 28, 2025, the largest hail report that came in was in extreme northern Texas in Lipscomb County. The largest reported hailstone from the storm that impacted Austin was 1.75 inches, but it wasn't the size of the hail that was problematic, it was how much fell, as well as the wind and heavy rain that came along with it. KVUE shared a video showing more of the damage.

This is still peak storm season for spring in Texas but certainly not the end of the storm season in this part of Texas. Just a reminder of what the weather can do in this part of the America.