Hail in Abilene on Sunday, May 1, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Abilene on Sunday, May 1, 2022, between 8:22 pm and 9:58 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 1 N Stamford (Jones County) at 9:18 pm. NOAA radar flagged 447 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 207 rated a 100% chance of hail and 182 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Jones and Taylor counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Abilene 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Anson 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Lawn 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Stamford 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:22 pm | 1.25 | 2 SW Lawn | Taylor | QUARTER TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. (SJT) |
| 8:25 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Abilene | Taylor | REPORTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. (SJT) |
| 8:42 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE Abilene | Taylor | VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. (SJT) |
| 9:18 pm | 1.75 | 1 N Stamford | Jones | LOTS OF QUARTER SIZE WITH SOME GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. (SJT) |
| 9:53 pm | 1.50 | Anson | Jones | (SJT) |
| 9:58 pm | 1.00 | Anson | Jones | (SJT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
447 signatures from 6 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 207 were rated 100% and 37 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSJT | 120 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 2.25 in | 7:16 pm | 11:56 pm |
| KDYX | 113 | 48 | 48 | 13 | 3.00 in | 7:19 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KFDR | 67 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 2.50 in | 7:36 pm | 11:56 pm |
| KLBB | 60 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 3.00 in | 7:35 pm | 10:34 pm |
| KFWS | 50 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2.25 in | 8:19 pm | 11:55 pm |
| KMAF | 37 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2.00 in | 7:31 pm | 10:36 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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