Event narrative (NOAA)
A thunderstorm produced 4.5 inch hail near Tezel Rd. and Bandera Rd. in northwestern San Antonio. This tied for the largest hailstone ever reported in Bexar County. The hail storm storm moved across northern Bexar County, crossing the northern half of San Antonio. Damage costs in San Antonio are estimated at $1.36 billion making this the costliest hail storm ever in the state of Texas according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Estimates do not include uninsured or commercial losses which will likely push the losses to near 2 billion, especially when including 2 other hail storms that occurred over the same area of Bexar County at the end of the April. Estimates provided by the Insurance Council of Texas and include damage to 136,000 vehicles and 125,000 homes.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.