Hail on Date

Hail in Amarillo on Friday, April 22, 2022

The Storm Prediction Center logged 26 hail reports in Amarillo on Friday, April 22, 2022, between 6:25 pm and 9:08 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 9 S Masterson (Potter County) at 6:52 pm. NOAA radar flagged 198 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 164 rated a 100% chance of hail and 135 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

26spotter hail reports in the metro
2.50 inlargest reported, 9 S Masterson
198radar hail signatures inside the metro, 164 rated 100%
2.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Amarillo counties with 198 radar hail signatures and 26 spotter hail reports on April 22, 2022 Potter Randall Carson Armstrong Oldham 2.50 in, 9 S Masterson
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 7 places in Armstrong, Carson, Potter and Randall counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
6:25 pm1.00Valley De OroPotter(AMA)
6:27 pm1.25Valley De OroPotter(AMA)
6:42 pm1.0012 SSE MastersonPotterCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 12 SSE MASTERSON. (AMA)
6:43 pm1.759 S MastersonPotter(AMA)
6:46 pm1.2512 SSE MastersonPotterCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 12 SSE MASTERSON. (AMA)
6:48 pm1.758 SSE MastersonPotter(AMA)
6:52 pm2.509 S MastersonPotter(AMA)
7:18 pm1.007 WSW AmarilloRandall(AMA)
7:19 pm1.255 SW AmarilloRandall(AMA)
7:24 pm1.001 WNW AmarilloPotter(AMA)
7:25 pm1.752 ESE AmarilloPotter(AMA)
7:26 pm1.003 SW AmarilloRandall(AMA)
7:26 pm1.004 WSW AmarilloRandall(AMA)
7:31 pm1.007 ENE AmarilloPotter(AMA)
8:00 pm2.008 WSW WaysideRandall(AMA)
8:28 pm1.00SkellytownCarson(AMA)
8:32 pm1.008 S ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:34 pm1.009 S ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:35 pm1.758 S ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:39 pm1.306 S ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:41 pm1.251 ESE ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:43 pm1.502 S ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:44 pm1.25ClaudeArmstrongQUARTER TO PING PONG HAIL REPORTED. (AMA)
8:47 pm1.00ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
8:49 pm1.50ClaudeArmstrong(AMA)
9:08 pm2.008 W GroomCarson(AMA)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

198 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; 164 were rated 100% and 22 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KLBB776553102.50 in6:04 pm9:11 pm
KAMA615247112.50 in5:36 pm9:07 pm
KFDX51382912.00 in6:03 pm8:55 pm
KFDR99601.50 in8:41 pm9:10 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Amarillo when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 5 counties (Potter, Randall, Carson, Armstrong and Oldham counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.