Significant Hail Risk Affects the South Texas Coast Today

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On Saturday, South Texas is under considerable threat from hail as a storm system impacting the Gulf Coast generates sizable hailstones that can devastate crops, vehicles, and roofs. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center has identified the area as having a high risk for severe storms, with hail being a major concern. Agricultural sectors in Texas that are already coping with losses from spring storms are now at risk of additional harm as the system gains strength. In recent years, large hail incidents in Texas have resulted in billions of dollars in property damage. Meteorologists caution that today's conditions could lead to golf-ball-sized hail in concentrated supercell storms.

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00:00South Texas is on high alert for a major hail event today.

00:03NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has flagged South Texas for severe storms.

00:08With large hail identified as a primary danger,

00:11we are talking golf-ball-sized hailstones falling at terminal velocity,

00:15capable of destroying crops,

00:18punching through windshields,

00:19and stripping rooftops in minutes.

00:22Texas agricultural communities that have already suffered spring storm losses

00:26are bracing for another hit.

00:28AccuWeather calls Texas one of the highest hail risk corridors

00:31in the entire country this season.

00:33If you are in South Texas today,

00:36get your vehicles into shelter now.

00:38One supercell dropping large hail

00:40can cause millions in property damage in a matter of minutes.

00:43Do not underestimate this threat.

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