Hail in Amarillo on Sunday, May 16, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 35 hail reports in Amarillo on Sunday, May 16, 2021, between 4:38 pm and 8:22 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 3 E Canyon (Randall County) at 6:56 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,390 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 645 rated a 100% chance of hail and 432 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Potter and Randall counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Canyon 15 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Amarillo 9 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Timbercreek Canyo 5 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Umbarger 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Timbercreek Canyon 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Lake Tanglewood 1 report, up to 1.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:38 pm | 1.00 | 4 SSW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:00 pm | 1.00 | 5 NW Timbercreek Canyon | Randall | PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL... MOST BEING PEA TO DIME SIZE. (AMA) |
| 5:00 pm | 1.25 | 6 NW Timbercreek Canyon | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:01 pm | 1.00 | 5 NNW Timbercreek Canyo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:06 pm | 1.25 | 6 SSW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:12 pm | 1.00 | 6 WNW Timbercreek Canyo | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (AMA) |
| 5:14 pm | 1.50 | 5 SSW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:16 pm | 1.75 | 4 SW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:22 pm | 1.25 | 3 S Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:22 pm | 1.25 | 2 SW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 5:23 pm | 1.00 | 2 S Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.25 | Lake Tanglewood | Randall | (AMA) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.00 | 2 WNW Timbercreek Canyo | Randall | LOTS OF DIMES... NICKELS AND SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED. IT IS ACCUMULATING ON THE GROUND. (AMA) |
| 6:11 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Canyon | Randall | REPORT RECEIVED VIA TWITTER. (AMA) |
| 6:11 pm | 1.25 | 6 WNW Timbercreek Canyo | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (AMA) |
| 6:12 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Canyon | Randall | REPORT RECEIVED VIA TWITTER. (AMA) |
| 6:14 pm | 2.00 | 4 ENE Canyon | Randall | TWO INCH TO 2.25 INCH HAIL REPORTED ALONG TX HIGHWAY 217. (AMA) |
| 6:15 pm | 1.50 | 3 E Canyon | Randall | QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. (AMA) |
| 6:29 pm | 1.00 | 7 ENE Amarillo | Potter | (AMA) |
| 6:30 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Amarillo | Potter | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (AMA) |
| 6:34 pm | 1.25 | 4 ENE Canyon | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (AMA) |
| 6:42 pm | 1.00 | 5 NW Canyon | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (AMA) |
| 6:44 pm | 1.75 | Canyon | Randall | (AMA) |
| 6:56 pm | 2.00 | 3 E Canyon | Randall | (AMA) |
| 6:57 pm | 1.00 | 6 WNW Timbercreek Canyo | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (AMA) |
| 7:30 pm | 1.00 | 5 SE Canyon | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (AMA) |
| 7:38 pm | 1.25 | 5 ESE Canyon | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (AMA) |
| 7:44 pm | 1.50 | 3 NE Umbarger | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (AMA) |
| 7:57 pm | 1.25 | 4 ENE Umbarger | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (AMA) |
| 7:59 pm | 1.75 | 3 NE Umbarger | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (AMA) |
| 8:00 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Canyon | Randall | (AMA) |
| 8:03 pm | 1.25 | 1 WSW Canyon | Randall | REPORT RECEIVED VIA TWITTER. (AMA) |
| 8:08 pm | 1.50 | 1 WNW Canyon | Randall | (AMA) |
| 8:13 pm | 1.50 | 1 E Canyon | Randall | PICTURE OF HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL RECEIVED. (AMA) |
| 8:22 pm | 1.00 | 4 E Canyon | Randall | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (AMA) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,390 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; 645 were rated 100% and 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLBB | 474 | 255 | 179 | 32 | 3.00 in | 12:01 am | 11:55 pm |
| KFDX | 443 | 197 | 116 | 10 | 2.50 in | 12:00 am | 11:58 pm |
| KAMA | 441 | 187 | 135 | 26 | 3.00 in | 12:01 am | 11:59 pm |
| KFDR | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in | 12:04 am | 8:38 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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