Severe weather
2-inch hail reported near Shelter Cove, California, Friday afternoon
By Ryan Hall, Y'all Weather Desk · Published · Updated
Written by our automated news desk from National Weather Service data.
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Key points
- One report, not a pattern. The 2-inch size came from a public report and is preliminary. Nothing else we have shows hail that big in the area.
- No severe storms are expected Saturday, Nov. 14. The next severe outlook risk is Level 1 of 5 (Marginal) across the Texas coastal plain, including Houston and Corpus Christi, on Sunday, Nov. 15.
- The bigger California weather is elsewhere. A Winter Storm Warning for the Lake Tahoe area runs until 10 AM PST Saturday. It calls for near 12 inches of heavy wet snow above 7,000 feet, up to 20 inches along the crest west of Lake Tahoe, and gusts of 70 to 90 mph over ridges. Flood advisories for parts of the Sacramento area, including Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter and Yolo counties, run until 5 PM PST. See every active warning.
Someone near Black Sands Beach at Shelter Cove, on California's Humboldt County coast, reported hail 2 inches across around 1 PM PST Friday, Nov. 13. It is a single preliminary report, and it does not add up to a bigger storm story.
Check the live storm reports page for new hail reports as they come in.
Explained: What the severe storm risk levels mean, Level 1 to Level 5, Winter Storm Watch vs. Warning vs. Winter Weather Advisory: What Each Means, Flood Advisory, Watch, Warning and Flash Flood Warning explained
More on West severe weather, November 2026
Places in this story: Sacramento, CA; Shelter Cove, CA
Sources
- NWS Local Storm Reports (EKA), National Weather Service
- NWS local storm reports (LSR), National Weather Service
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