Barrage of Gorilla Hail in Dimmitt, Texas [VIDEO]

Storm chasers near Dimmitt, Texas, captured video of the moment they were slammed with baseball and softball-sized hail (or, as meteorologist Reed Timmer calls it: gorilla hail). Call it what you want, just keep it away from my house. 

We’ve had some monstrous hail this storm season here in the Lone Star State. We had golf ball-sized hail a couple of weeks ago at my house in Wichita Falls. It did a ton of damage to our roof and vehicles, so I can only imagine how bad it would have been if it were baseball, or God forbid, softball size. I fear that hail that size would bust through the roof. 

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For my money, the best part of the video is Reed Timmer himself, which is usually the case with the content he puts out there on social media. His enthusiasm for severe weather is contagious. However, not quite contagious enough to inspire me to jump in my pickup and go chase supercells. 

It’s still early in the storm season, and it’s been pretty rough so far. I expect to see plenty more severe weather content from Texas over the next couple of months from Dr. Timmer. And, of course, I’ll turn around and share it here on our platform.

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