National Weather Service Damage Survey for May 25 Storm in San Saba County

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
338 PM CDT Sat May 26 2018

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/25/2018 THUNDERSTORM WIND AND
VERY LARGE HAIL EVENT UPDATE #1...

.REFERENCE THUNDERSTORM WIND...

PEAK WIND E:            80-85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  9.0 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   1.5 MILES
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               UNKNOWN

START DATE:             MAY 25 2018
START TIME:             0840 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS
START LAT/LON:          31.3700/-98.9000

END DATE:               MAY 25 2018
END TIME:               0904 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND SPRINGS
END LAT/LON:            31.2500/-98.9600

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM FOUND LOTS OF EVIDENCE
OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF AROUND 80 TO 85 MPH ALONG WITH
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF RICHLAND SPRINGS.  THIS SWATH OF
HAIL EXTENDED NORTHEAST TOWARDS LOCKER, SPRING CREEK AND ALGERITA
AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS RICHLAND SPRINGS.

THIS COMBINATION OF WIND AND HAIL DAMAGED VEHICLES, BROKE WINDOWS
IN HOMES AND DAMAGED SIDING AND ROOFS OF MANY HOMES.  ONE TRAILER
HOME WAS DESTROYED BY THE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

ALL OF THE DEBRIS WAS ALIGNED FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. WE OBSERVED
MANY OAK TREES THAT COMPLETELY LOST ALL OF THEIR LEAVES.  THERE WERE
MANY BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND SOME TREES WERE UPROOTED.  LIVESTOCK WERE
ALSO KILLED BY THE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL STONES.  NUMEROUS
VEHICLES LOST WINDSHIELDS AND WERE SEVERELY DENTED BY THE WIND AND HAIL.

NOTE:
 THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.