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.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 7 places in Armstrong, Carson, Potter and Randall counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Claude 9 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Amarillo 7 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Masterson 5 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Valley De Oro 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Groom 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Skellytown 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wayside 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:25 pm | 1.00 | Valley De Oro | Potter | (AMA) |
| 6:27 pm | 1.25 | Valley De Oro | Potter | (AMA) |
| 6:42 pm | 1.00 | 12 SSE Masterson | Potter | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 12 SSE MASTERSON. (AMA) |
| 6:43 pm | 1.75 | 9 S Masterson | Potter | (AMA) |
| 6:46 pm | 1.25 | 12 SSE Masterson | Potter | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 12 SSE MASTERSON. (AMA) |
| 6:48 pm | 1.75 | 8 SSE Masterson | Potter | (AMA) |
| 6:52 pm | 2.50 | 9 S Masterson | Potter | (AMA) |
| 7:18 pm | 1.00 | 7 WSW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 7:19 pm | 1.25 | 5 SW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 7:24 pm | 1.00 | 1 WNW Amarillo | Potter | (AMA) |
| 7:25 pm | 1.75 | 2 ESE Amarillo | Potter | (AMA) |
| 7:26 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 7:26 pm | 1.00 | 4 WSW Amarillo | Randall | (AMA) |
| 7:31 pm | 1.00 | 7 ENE Amarillo | Potter | (AMA) |
| 8:00 pm | 2.00 | 8 WSW Wayside | Randall | (AMA) |
| 8:28 pm | 1.00 | Skellytown | Carson | (AMA) |
| 8:32 pm | 1.00 | 8 S Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:34 pm | 1.00 | 9 S Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:35 pm | 1.75 | 8 S Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:39 pm | 1.30 | 6 S Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:41 pm | 1.25 | 1 ESE Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:43 pm | 1.50 | 2 S Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:44 pm | 1.25 | Claude | Armstrong | QUARTER TO PING PONG HAIL REPORTED. (AMA) |
| 8:47 pm | 1.00 | Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 8:49 pm | 1.50 | Claude | Armstrong | (AMA) |
| 9:08 pm | 2.00 | 8 W Groom | Carson | (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.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLBB | 77 | 65 | 53 | 10 | 2.50 in | 6:04 pm | 9:11 pm |
| KAMA | 61 | 52 | 47 | 11 | 2.50 in | 5:36 pm | 9:07 pm |
| KFDX | 51 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 2.00 in | 6:03 pm | 8:55 pm |
| KFDR | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 in | 8:41 pm | 9:10 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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