'Baseball-Sized' Hailstones Splash Into Texas Swimming Pool

The National Weather Service (NWS) urged residents in central Texas to remain “vigilant and weather aware” as several training supercells moved through the region on Wednesday, April 26.

Hail up to four inches in diameter fell in Waco, the NWS reported.

Video from Twitter user @Wilcojoe761 shows the heavy hailstones splashing down into his backyard pool in Waco. “Those are baseball-sized hails mixed in with golfball-sized hail,” a voice comments in the video. Credit: @Wilcojoe761 via Storyful

Video transcript

- This is unbelievable.

- I'm surprised the trampoline hasn't friggin' blown over yet-- probably all of the hail weighing it down.

- It's not-- the winds aren't that bad. It's just a hail event. This is a major hail event.

- Would I die if I walked out there and got hit?

- This is a historical hail event.

- Would I die if I walked out there and got hit?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't know if you'd die, but you'd be unconscious.

- Riding down. Woo.

- Those baseball-sized hails mixed in with golf-ball sized hail.

[BANGING ON ROOF]

- Watch out. They could like fly through the windows. Good thing we have that little springy thing. That won't-- it won't go through that.

- This is unbelievable.

- I'm surprised the trampoline hasn't friggin' blown over yet-- probably all of the hail weighing it down.

- It's not-- the winds aren't that bad. It's just a hail event. This is a major hail event.

- Would I die if I walked out there and got hit?

- This is a historical hail event.

- Would I die if I walked out there and got hit?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah, yeah. Well, I don't know if you'd die, but you'd be unconscious.

- Riding down. Woo.

- Those are baseball-sized hails mixed in with golf-ball sized hail.

[BANGING ON ROOF]

- Watch out. They could fly through the windows. Good thing we have that little springy thing. That won't-- they won't go through that.