An upper level disturbance was moving over northern Mexico, and a dryline was set up from southeast New Mexico to the Big Bend area. Very unstable air was east of the dryline and lead to storms developing during the time of peak heating. Some of these storms became severe with large hail and strong winds due to the large amount of instability.

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:21:00 to 16-APR-17 17:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: (MAF) MIDLAND INTL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: NWS Employee

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:25:00 to 16-APR-17 17:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Public

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:27:00 to 16-APR-17 17:32:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: NWS Employee

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:30:00 to 16-APR-17 17:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Public

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:32:00 to 16-APR-17 17:42:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Public

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:35:00 to 16-APR-17 17:40:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in ECTOR, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:37:00 to 16-APR-17 17:42:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOLDSMITH
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Public

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:40:00 to 16-APR-17 17:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Public

Hail in MARTIN, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 18:30:00 to 16-APR-17 18:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: LENORAH
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Public

Hail in TERRELL, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 18:45:00 to 16-APR-17 18:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: DRYDEN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in GAINES, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 19:21:00 to 16-APR-17 19:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: SEMINOLE
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Hail in GAINES, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 19:22:00 to 16-APR-17 19:27:00 (CST-6)
Location: SEMINOLE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Public

Hail in ECTOR, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:20:00 to 16-APR-17 17:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOLDSMITH
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Social Media

A thunderstorm moved across Ector County and produced hail damage in Goldsmith from tennis ball sized hail. There were hail dents in the siding on one side of a house in Goldsmith. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

Hail in WARD, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 16:30:00 to 16-APR-17 16:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: MONAHANS
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Thunderstorm Wind in BREWSTER, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 16:24:00 to 16-APR-17 16:24:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALPINE TERLINGUA ARP
Magnitude: 58.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A thunderstorm moved through Brewster County at the northern end of Big Bend National Park and produced a wind gust of 67 mph at Persimmon Gap.

Hail in BREWSTER, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 16:30:00 to 16-APR-17 16:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: MARATHON
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Hail in ECTOR, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:12:00 to 16-APR-17 17:17:00 (CST-6)
Location: WEST ODESSA
Magnitude: 1.25 
Reported by: Public

Hail in ECTOR, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:13:00 to 16-APR-17 17:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOLDSMITH
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Hail in MIDLAND, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 17:20:00 to 16-APR-17 17:25:00 (CST-6)
Location: MIDLAND
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Hail in ANDREWS, TEXAS
From 16-APR-17 18:03:00 to 16-APR-17 18:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: ANDREWS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Law Enforcement