Hail in Austin on Tuesday, April 9, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 33 hail reports in Austin on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, between 4:55 pm and 9:57 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 5 N Austin (Travis County) at 5:05 pm. NOAA radar flagged 548 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 301 rated a 100% chance of hail and 273 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 18 places in Bastrop, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Elgin 4 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Jollyville 4 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Austin 3 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Bastrop 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Wells Branch 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- West Lake Hills 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Leander 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Bastrop State Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Cedar Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Dripping Springs 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hutto 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Liberty Hill 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Manor 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Onion Creek 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Pflugerville 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- San Leanna 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Tanglewood Forest 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Taylor 1 report, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:55 pm | 1.75 | 6 S Jollyville | Travis | Gold Ball size hail at KVUE studios in north Austin. (EWX) |
| 4:59 pm | 1.75 | 5 NE West Lake Hills | Travis | Report from mPING Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (EWX) |
| 5:00 pm | 2.00 | 5 NE West Lake Hills | Travis | Report from mPING Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (EWX) |
| 5:00 pm | 1.50 | 6 N Austin | Travis | Estimated hail up to 1.5. (EWX) |
| 5:01 pm | 1.75 | 4 SW Wells Branch | Travis | Report from mPING Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (EWX) |
| 5:03 pm | 2.00 | 5 NNE West Lake Hills | Travis | Picture of 2 inch diameter hail forwarded via media. (EWX) |
| 5:04 pm | 1.50 | 4 N Austin | Travis | Report from mPING Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EWX) |
| 5:05 pm | 2.50 | 5 N Austin | Travis | Pictures on X of hail up to tennis ball size near MOPAC and Far West Blvd in NW Austin. (EWX) |
| 5:05 pm | 2.00 | 5 S Wells Branch | Travis | Delayed Report: Corner of Brownie Drive and Grady Drive. Time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 5:06 pm | 2.00 | 6 SSW Jollyville | Travis | Pictures on X of egg size hail in the Allandale neighborhood of Austin. (EWX) |
| 5:10 pm | 1.50 | 5 SW Pflugerville | Travis | Corrects previous hail report from 5 SW Pflugerville. Report from mPING Quarter (1.50 in.). (EWX) |
| 5:11 pm | 1.50 | 6 S Wells Branch | Travis | (EWX) |
| 5:28 pm | 1.00 | 4 W Manor | Travis | Report from mPING Quarter (1.00 in.). (EWX) |
| 7:12 pm | 1.50 | 5 S Jollyville | Travis | (EWX) |
| 7:23 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Jollyville | Travis | Report from mPING Quarter (1.00 in.). (EWX) |
| 8:02 pm | 1.00 | 1 WNW Elgin | Bastrop | Quarter sized hail on the north side of Elgin. (EWX) |
| 8:11 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Elgin | Travis | Report from mPING Quarter. (EWX) |
| 8:12 pm | 1.25 | 3 S Liberty Hill | Williamson | Report from mPING Half Dollar. (EWX) |
| 8:18 pm | 1.50 | 4 SW Elgin | Travis | Report from mPING Ping Pong Ball. (EWX) |
| 8:18 pm | 1.75 | 1 WNW Elgin | Bastrop | Quarter to golf ball sized hail on the north side of Elgin. (EWX) |
| 8:22 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Leander | Travis | Report from mPING Quarter. (EWX) |
| 8:24 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Cedar Park | Williamson | Amateur radio report of quarter sized hail on the west side of Cedar Park. (EWX) |
| 8:27 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Leander | Travis | (EWX) |
| 8:38 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSE Dripping Springs | Hays | Cocorahs observer reports hail ranging in size from peas to quarters. (EWX) |
| 9:04 pm | 1.25 | 1 WSW Tanglewood Forest | Travis | 10 minute duration. (EWX) |
| 9:10 pm | 1.00 | Hutto | Williamson | City of Hutto Emergency Management reports quarter sized hail. (EWX) |
| 9:11 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE San Leanna | Travis | Report from mPING Quarter. (EWX) |
| 9:12 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Onion Creek | Travis | Public report of 1 inch diameter hail at Slaughter Lane and Interstate 35. (EWX) |
| 9:22 pm | 1.75 | 1 WSW Taylor | Williamson | City of Taylor Emergency Management reports golf ball sized hail. (EWX) |
| 9:43 pm | 2.00 | 2 W Bastrop | Bastrop | Public report of hail ranging in size from 1 inch in diameter to 2 inches in diameter. (EWX) |
| 9:49 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Bastrop | Bastrop | Report from mPING Quarter (1.00 in.). (EWX) |
| 9:50 pm | 1.50 | 2 W Bastrop | Bastrop | Delayed report. Ping pong size hail in Bastrop in Riverside Grove neighborhood behind HEB. Time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 9:57 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Bastrop State Park | Bastrop | (EWX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
548 signatures from 7 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; 301 were rated 100% and 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEWX | 254 | 146 | 135 | 41 | 4.00 in | 6:14 am | 11:55 pm |
| KGRK | 215 | 110 | 100 | 19 | 4.00 in | 6:14 am | 11:58 pm |
| KFWS | 58 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 2.25 in | 6:19 am | 9:43 pm |
| KDFX | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 in | 5:55 pm | 10:02 pm |
| KHGX | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4.00 in | 9:45 pm | 10:15 pm |
| KDYX | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 8:34 am | 10:54 am |
| KCRP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in | 11:55 pm | 11:55 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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