Spring storms bring hail, flooding


PASCALLE BIPPERT
Drivers wait near the junction of F.M. 1346 and C.R. 347 between La Vernia and St. Hedwig May 1, as vehicles edge through water running over the road after unofficial rainfall totals of less than 3 inches to as much as 10 inches were recorded across Wilson County and nearby areas in the wake of the weekend storms.

LYDIA KOLODZIEJ
Hailstones large enough to crush a flip phone are among the precipitation of a spring thunderstorm that blew through the St. Hedwig area May 3. The storm added another inch of rainfall to the 7 inches recorded April 30-May 1 by Karl and Lydia Kolodziej near St. Hedwig.