Texas Thunderstorms

[MikeKelley]

I'm going to Texas in the end of May. How are the thunderstorms that time of year. How big can hail get before it starts to do damage to my truck? I will be headed to the area just south of Dallas. We have plenty of Cummins trucks here in California, but not too many thunderstorms.

MK

 

[PHX ATC]

I've watched them on the weather radar we have and they look nasty whenever there's some activity. As far as the month of May, I dunno.



You've got a Cummin's, outrun them!

 

[wes reeves]

I've lived in west Texas all my life except for the last 2 years I spend 8 months of the year in College Station going to school. I haven't been in a car damaging thunderstorm yet. They definitely do occur, but there's usually plenty of warning to get your vehicle under a cover before the hail comes.



I wouldn't lose any sleep over it if I were you.

 

[Mike Ellis]

We tend to have car-damaging hail in some part of the DFW metroplex every couple of years. The worst-case storms, like at Mayfest in Ft. Worth several years ago, are like an artillery barrage but happen very rarely. That particular storm had softball sized hail and wiped out a lot of autos, houses, and even people who were out at the park. In an average year you won't see much bigger than dime-size.



Normally you don't have to worry much about it, like the other poster said you have warning most times. I have lived here all my life, the only time I have sustained much damage was in the Mayfest storm, I was at work and my Jeep Cherokee took a serious beating out in an uncovered parking lot (I was in the lab and didn't know a big storm was on the way).

 

[MikeKelley]

Thanks for the replies,looks like I have nothing to worry about unless I am real unlucky.

Now if I can just keep my garage from collapsing in the next California earthquake, my truck should be safe for years.

MK