AUSTIN (KXAN)-- Stormy weather condition returned to Central Texas' Hill Country Saturday afternoon and night. So far, there have been 15 reports of hail.
An extreme thunderstorm impacted San Saba nation beginning soon after 5:15 p.m. with heavy rain, regular lightning and hail. Hail one inch in diameter (the size of a quarter) was reported at a couple of places in Cherokee.
Active storms rolled through Llano and Mason Counties between 8 and 9 p.m. There were four reports of hail in Mason County. The largest hailstone measured 2.50″ ″ in diameter, or tennis ball-sized, two miles west of Streeter. A two-inch-sized stone (lime or medium hen-egg) was recorded 5 miles south of Loyal Valley (southeast of Mason). There was one report of hail in Llano County determining 1.50″ ″ 4 miles west-southwest of Valley Spring (northwest of Llano).
Large hail pounded some the western Hill Country
Gillespie County had the most hail reports in between 9 and 10:30 with eight. Four of them were 2 inches in diameter, two around Fredericksburg, one at Doss and the 4th near Crabapple, a neighborhood north of Fredericksburg and west of Willow City.
There was likewise a funnel sighted at 10:09 p.m. two miles west of Fredericksburg. It didn't last long.
Another round of potentially serious thunderstorms remains in our Tuesday forecast.
The Storm Prediction Center has the eastern half of our area under a SLIGHT threat for extreme weather condition. This is a Category 2 out of 5 and runs essentially from I-35 eastward. The Hill Country is under a Category 1 or MARGINAL danger.
Another upper-level disruption will move west-to-east in the upper circulation experiencing instability from an increase in Gulf moisture.
Looking for possible severe storms Tuesday afternoon/evening
Today's discussion from the Storm Prediction Center suggests the main focus from storms takes place after 3 p.m. Tuesday. As we have actually seen with the last two serious weather condition occasions the primary concerns will be large hail and destructive winds.
This projection will continue to develop so please check back with the KXAN meteorologists for updates.
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