June Hailstorm in Texas Drives Insured Losses of Over $1B

Catastrophe modeller Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has estimated that the June hailstorm in Texas has caused insured losses of over $1 billion.

‘From June 10th to 13th, a stationary frontal boundary from Texas to Georgia divided a warm, humid air mass over Texas from a cooler, drier one across the Central Plains and Midwest, a boundary normally positioned farther north,’ KCC explains.

Converging air at this boundary sparked thunderstorms, fueled by an unstable environment of hot, humid air.

KCC suggests that these storms were stronger than average due to intense instability, producing larger updrafts that penetrated the atmosphere, allowing large hail to grow.