Hail in Abilene on Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Abilene on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, between 8:20 pm and 9:00 pm CDT, in 1 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 8 NE Happy Valley (Taylor County) at 8:25 pm. NOAA radar flagged 34 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 33 rated a 100% chance of hail and 34 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Taylor County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Bradshaw 2 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Happy Valley 2 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Nolan 1 report, up to 2.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:20 pm | 2.00 | 7 E Nolan | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 8:25 pm | 3.00 | 8 NE Happy Valley | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 8:45 pm | 2.75 | 8 NNE Happy Valley | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 8:54 pm | 2.50 | 1 NE Bradshaw | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 9:00 pm | 2.75 | 1 E Bradshaw | Taylor | MAJOR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE ROOF AND WINDOWS OF RESIDENCE. SEVERE HAIL DAMAGE TO BODY OF MOTOR VEHICLES... WINDSHIELD AND WINDOWS BUSTED... AND EXTERNAL MIRRORS BUSTED WIT (SJT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
34 signatures from 4 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; 33 were rated 100% and 28 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 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3.50 in | 7:49 pm | 8:53 pm |
| KMAF | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3.25 in | 7:52 pm | 8:52 pm |
| KDYX | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4.00 in | 8:01 pm | 8:51 pm |
| KLBB | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.25 in | 7:54 pm | 8:11 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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