Hail in Abilene on Sunday, June 8, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 13 hail reports in Abilene on Sunday, June 8, 2025, between 10:05 pm and 11:49 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 3 SE Dyess Afb (Taylor County) at 11:47 pm. NOAA radar flagged 636 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 458 rated a 100% chance of hail and 417 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Callahan, Jones and Taylor counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Baird 4 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Clyde 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Abilene 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Dyess Afb 1 report, up to 2.50 in
- Merkel 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Noodle 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Potosi 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Tye 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:05 pm | 1.00 | Noodle | Jones | Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail over Noodle... TX via HAM radio. (SJT) |
| 10:08 pm | 1.00 | Merkel | Taylor | Report over social media of 1 inch hail in Merkel... TX. (SJT) |
| 10:34 pm | 1.25 | 1 W Baird | Callahan | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (SJT) |
| 10:35 pm | 1.25 | 1 W Baird | Callahan | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (SJT) |
| 10:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Abilene | Taylor | Report over social media came in for 1 inch hail over Abilene Christian University. (SJT) |
| 10:39 pm | 1.75 | Baird | Callahan | HAM trained spotter reported golfball size hail in Baird along I-20. (SJT) |
| 10:39 pm | 1.75 | 1 N Baird | Callahan | Trained spotter via HAM radio reported in golfball size hail over I-20 in Baird... TX. (SJT) |
| 10:56 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Clyde | Callahan | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (SJT) |
| 11:34 pm | 1.50 | 1 W Tye | Taylor | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (SJT) |
| 11:45 pm | 1.75 | 1 NE Clyde | Callahan | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (SJT) |
| 11:47 pm | 1.25 | 4 W Potosi | Taylor | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (SJT) |
| 11:47 pm | 2.50 | 3 SE Dyess Afb | Taylor | (SJT) |
| 11:49 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Clyde | Callahan | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (SJT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
636 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; 458 were rated 100% and 200 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 | 188 | 130 | 125 | 78 | 4.00 in | 12:19 am | 11:59 pm |
| KFDR | 125 | 97 | 73 | 18 | 3.25 in | 12:19 am | 11:57 pm |
| KDYX | 116 | 69 | 75 | 42 | 4.00 in | 12:36 am | 11:54 pm |
| KLBB | 79 | 57 | 44 | 18 | 3.50 in | 8:35 am | 11:55 pm |
| KMAF | 68 | 57 | 56 | 31 | 4.00 in | 8:34 pm | 11:57 pm |
| KFWS | 60 | 48 | 44 | 13 | 3.00 in | 12:22 am | 11:59 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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