Hail hits hard in NE Bexar County neighborhood

Cars, homes pelted by tennis ball-, golf ball-sized hail

SAN ANTONIO – Residents in the Woodlake subdivision in northeast Bexar County are among the many who were left cleaning up and making repairs after Tuesday night's hail-damaging storms.

Most of the damage was done by tennis ball- and golf ball-sized hail that pelted cars and homes, neighbors said.

Linda Carr, who lives in the 5500 block of Lochmoor, saved some of the hail in her freezer for proof.

"Nobody would believe that hail was actually bigger than that," Carr said, while holding up a large reminder of the frozen assault that left huge holes in her car windows.

Carr had to drive through Mother Nature's assault in order to get home from work.

"When the police came they told us to just get wherever, under car washes, under awnings," she said. "Talk about scared."

Carr's next door neighbor, Sharon Mays, rode out the storm indoors. Mays also found that her car took a heavy hit.

"You know, it's one of those things. I'm not happy it happened, but that's why I carry insurance," Mays said.

Across the street, Millicent Patterson was hoping her insurance policy would cover her three cars that were damaged. Patterson also found that the hail left holes in her skylight and shattered the flower pots in her yard.

"I heard a loud bang and I thought somebody was shooting," she said. "I looked out the window and it was nothing but hail falling down. It looks like somebody just came and shot out all the cars. It's just, it's very upsetting."

No injuries were reported.

Now that the storm is past, residents said hey're preparing for a flood of a different kind -- insurance adjusters who will be pouring into the area to help them get their property repaired. 


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