Moisture quickly returned to West Texas during the day on the first ahead of an approaching upper level short wave. In response, scattered thunderstorms rapidly developed late Sunday afternoon. Relatively strong wind shear and moderate instability spurred several of the storms to rotate and produce very large hail. The configuration of the increasing and turning winds with height were right to favor splitting supercell storms. The left splits raced north-northeastward bringing brief heavy rain, large hail, and sporadic wind gusts. Golf ball to baseball size hail fell from the strongest of these northward-racing storms. Western portions of Levelland experienced extensive damage, primarily from shattered glass. The right splits moved slowly to the east, producing locally heavy rains. These storms also dropped huge hail with one greater than baseball size near O'Donnell (Lynn County).

Hail in YOAKUM, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 16:40:00 to 01-MAY-22 17:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: DENVER CITY
Magnitude: 2.75 
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several reports were received of a swath of hail from approximately eight miles west-northwest of Denver City to the city of Denver City. The largest hail reported was baseball size. No damage was reported.

Hail in LUBBOCK, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 16:45:00 to 01-MAY-22 16:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: WEST CARLISLE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A member of the public sent a picture of quarter size hail at the intersection of Erskine Street and Dover Avenue in Lubbock.

Hail in HOCKLEY, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 16:40:00 to 01-MAY-22 16:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: WHITHARRAL
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

A picture on social media showed hail ranging from quarter size to ping pong ball size to the southeast of Whitharral.

Hail in BAILEY, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 16:50:00 to 01-MAY-22 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: MULESHOE
Magnitude: 2.50 
Reported by: Storm Chaser

Numerous reports were received of a swath of hail from approximately three miles south of Muleshoe to the Parmer County line along Texas State Highway 214. The hail ranged in size from golf ball to tennis ball size. The hail swath continued into Parmer County. No damage was reported.

Hail in PARMER, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 17:00:00 to 01-MAY-22 17:03:00 (CST-6)
Location: LAZBUDDIE
Magnitude: 2.25 
Reported by: Storm Chaser

A swath of very large hail continued into Parmer County along Texas State Highway 214. The largest hail size in the Parmer County swath section was slightly smaller than tennis ball size. No damage was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind in PARMER, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 17:25:00 to 01-MAY-22 17:27:00 (CST-6)
Location: FRIONA
Magnitude: 54.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Friona measured severe wind gusts from 1725 CST through 1727 CST. A peak gust of 63 mph was measured at 1726 CST.

Thunderstorm Wind in HALE, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 17:46:00 to 01-MAY-22 17:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: (PVW)HALE CO ARPT
Magnitude: 62.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Plainview measured severe wind gusts from 1746 CST through 1748 CST. A peak gust of 71 mph was measured at 1747 CST. Furthermore, the AWOS at the Hale County Airport (KPVW) measured a wind gust of 61 mph at 1750 CST.

Hail in TERRY, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 17:58:00 to 01-MAY-22 18:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: WELLMAN
Magnitude: 2.50 
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Numerous reports were received of a swath of hail from southwestern Terry County along US Highway 62/385 approximately eight miles southwest of Wellman to approximately four miles east-southeast of Wellman along Farm to Market Road 213. Hail stones ranged in size from ping pong ball size up to tennis ball size. No damage was reported.

Hail in YOAKUM, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 15:45:00 to 01-MAY-22 15:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: PLAINS
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A local co-op gin reported golf ball size hail. No damage was reported.

Hail in HOCKLEY, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 16:30:00 to 01-MAY-22 16:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: LEVELLAND
Magnitude: 2.75 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Numerous reports were received of hail ranging from ping pong ball size to baseball size in and around Levelland. Extensive damage occurred in Levelland from this hail, primarily from shattered glass.

Thunderstorm Wind in DICKENS, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 18:01:00 to 01-MAY-22 18:02:00 (CST-6)
Location: MC ADOO
Magnitude: 59.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near McAdoo measured severe wind gusts at 1701 and 1702 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 1702 CST.

Hail in LYNN, TEXAS
From 01-MAY-22 19:55:00 to 01-MAY-22 20:01:00 (CST-6)
Location: ODONNELL
Magnitude: 3.00 
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several storm chasers reported a swath of hail from just north of O'Donnell to approximately five miles east-northeast of O'Donnell. The largest hail stone reported was three inches in diameter. No damage was reported.