Scattered Thunderstorms Producing Dime Size Hail Near Uvalde and Pea Size Hail in Bandera County Texas Saturday Night
TEXAS — Scattered showers and thunderstorms were producing hail across portions of the Texas Hill Country at 9:20 PM Saturday, April 18, 2026, with a storm west of Uvalde generating dime-sized hail while a noisy thunderstorm in Bandera County was producing pea-sized hail. Radar imagery captured at 9:14 PM showed intense storm cells with active lightning concentrated near Uvalde, with an active severe thunderstorm warning polygon outlined across the area west of the city.
Additional storm activity was visible across a broad corridor stretching from the Junction and Fredericksburg area southward through Kerrville, Utopia, and toward the San Antonio region as the scattered storm complex moved through South Texas Saturday evening.
Dime Size Hail West of Uvalde
The most significant storm at the time of the 9:20 PM update was positioned west of Uvalde, where a well-organized cell was producing dime-sized hail measuring approximately three quarters of an inch in diameter. The storm showed intense radar returns with multiple lightning strikes confirmed, placing communities west of Uvalde under an active severe weather threat during the Saturday evening hours.
Dime-sized hail is capable of damaging vehicle paint, denting soft metals, and causing minor damage to vegetation and outdoor equipment across areas directly under the storm’s path.
Bandera County Storm Producing Pea Size Hail
A separate and noisy thunderstorm was simultaneously impacting Bandera County with pea-sized hail at the time of the update. While smaller than the dime-sized hail west of Uvalde, pea-sized hail can still cause damage to vehicles and vegetation while making outdoor conditions uncomfortable and potentially dangerous for anyone caught outside during the storm’s passage.
The Bandera County storm was described as particularly noisy, indicating frequent lightning and thunder activity accompanying the hail-producing cell as it moved through the county Saturday evening.
Broader Storm Activity Across the Hill Country
Beyond the two primary hail-producing storms, scattered shower and thunderstorm activity was spread across a wide area of the Texas Hill Country Saturday night. Communities including Fredericksburg, Kerrville, Boerne, Hondo, and areas northeast toward San Antonio were all seeing varying degrees of storm activity at the time of the radar snapshot.
Residents across the Texas Hill Country should remain weather-aware through the evening hours and bring vehicles under covered shelter where possible to protect against hail damage.
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