BELLVILLE—Palm-sized hail rained down upon Bellville on March 15, around 2:45 p.m., shattering windows and destroying vehicles in a freak weather pattern that included straightline winds.
Roads were inundated with rain, and hail piled high to look like a winter snowstorm had just passed through. Damaging winds uprooted trees, downed power lines and caused extensive property damage.
According to Austin County Emergency Management Director Roy Mercer, the National Weather Service classified the powerful storm that blew through as a straight-line wind and not a certified tornado.
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