Hail in Abilene on Sunday, May 7, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 10 hail reports in Abilene on Sunday, May 7, 2023, between 5:11 pm and 10:28 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 3.25 inches at 4 ESE Dudley (Callahan County) at 9:45 pm.
NOAA's radar hail archive holds no records at all for May 7, 2023 (UTC), anywhere in the country, so radar figures for this date are incomplete. That is a gap in NOAA's processing, not a sign that radar saw no hail.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Callahan, Jones and Taylor counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Dudley 2 reports, up to 3.25 in
- Merkel 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Abilene 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Dyess Afb 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Noodle 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Ovalo 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Potosi 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Trent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:11 pm | 1.75 | 4 W Ovalo | Taylor | PICTURE OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON TWITTER. (SJT) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.50 | Merkel | Taylor | PICTURE POSTED ON FACEBOOK. TIME BASED ON RADAR. (SJT) |
| 5:43 pm | 2.00 | 4 N Trent | Jones | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 5 N TRENT. PICTURE POSTED ON TWITTER. (SJT) |
| 5:50 pm | 2.50 | 3 ENE Merkel | Taylor | STORM CHASER POSTED PICTURE OF GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE ON TWITTER. (SJT) |
| 5:52 pm | 1.75 | 4 WSW Noodle | Jones | (SJT) |
| 9:45 pm | 3.25 | 4 ESE Dudley | Callahan | BASEBALL+ (3.25 IN.) TIME BASED ON RADAR. (SJT) |
| 9:45 pm | 2.50 | 2 ENE Dudley | Callahan | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF EULA NEAR HWY 36 AT 9:45 CDT. (SJT) |
| 10:04 pm | 1.00 | Dyess Afb | Taylor | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. (SJT) |
| 10:24 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSW Abilene | Taylor | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT S. 27TH AND BUFFALO GAP RD. IN ABILENE... TX. (SJT) |
| 10:28 pm | 1.75 | Potosi | Taylor | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM POTOSI. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED VIA A VIDEO ON FACEBOOK. (SJT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
NOAA's radar hail archive holds no records at all for May 7, 2023 (UTC), anywhere in the country, so radar figures for this date are incomplete. That is a gap in NOAA's processing, not a sign that radar saw no hail.
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