Hail in Abilene on Monday, May 8, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Abilene on Monday, May 8, 2023, between 12:42 am and 1:15 am CDT, in 1 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 2 SW Abilene (Taylor County) at 1:15 am. NOAA radar flagged 185 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 130 rated a 100% chance of hail and 80 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 2 places in Taylor County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Abilene 4 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Dyess Afb 2 reports, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:42 am | 1.00 | 1 E Dyess Afb | Taylor | DYESS AIRFORCE BASE REPORTE 1 INCH HAIL. (SJT) |
| 1:00 am | 1.50 | 4 WSW Abilene | Taylor | QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL FELL FOR 15 MINUTES NONSTOP. (SJT) |
| 1:00 am | 1.75 | Dyess Afb | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 1:08 am | 1.75 | 4 WSW Abilene | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 1:10 am | 1.75 | 4 SW Abilene | Taylor | VIDEO POSTED TO TWITTER SHOWED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HITTING CARS AND CRACKING WINDSHIELDS. (SJT) |
| 1:15 am | 1.75 | 2 SW Abilene | Taylor | POSTED TO TWITTER. GOLF BALL SIDED HAIL WITH SOME LARGER STONES ON THE GROUND AT MCMURRAY UNIVERSITY. (SJT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
185 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; 130 were rated 100% and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFWS | 69 | 59 | 36 | 0 | 1.75 in | 6:07 pm | 8:27 pm |
| KDYX | 51 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 2.00 in | 6:06 pm | 8:17 pm |
| KSJT | 36 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 1.75 in | 6:02 pm | 8:16 pm |
| KFDR | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1.25 in | 6:04 pm | 7:46 pm |
| KLBB | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 6:06 pm | 6:40 pm |
| KMAF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 6:10 pm | 6:10 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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