May 8, 2019
Daytime heating, an approaching upper level low pressure system and a dryline across West Central Texas triggered the development of a few supercell thunderstorms. These storms continued to form until shortly after midnight on May 8. These severe storms produced baseball size hail near Sonora and damaging thunderstorm wind gust reports across the area.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 829479). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Irion County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.