Hail storm with "heavy" winds reported in the Texas District by the "Border Post 13/11/97. ...." Two storms crossed the Texas area at around 6:15 PM with hail slightly larger than marbles falling for 20 minutes ...." The report also mentions "...some vegetable growers have had their whole crop destroyed .... hundreds of trees were blown down or broken off by the gale force winds .... all trees on a Lookout called the Beacon were destroyed .... 48 mm of rain fell on the town creating flash flooding in low lying areas ... " 0800 utc Synoptic Observation from Texas reported hail of "large marble" size in Plain Language section