Hail in Austin on Thursday, May 9, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 16 hail reports in Austin on Thursday, May 9, 2024, between 7:44 pm and 9:11 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 4 WNW San Marcos (Hays County) at 8:27 pm. NOAA radar flagged 111 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 86 rated a 100% chance of hail and 94 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Hays and Williamson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- San Marcos 5 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Woodcreek 3 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Serenada 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Wimberley 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Andice 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Georgetown 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Henly 1 report, up to 2.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:44 pm | 2.75 | 2 SSW Henly | Hays | (EWX) |
| 8:04 pm | 3.00 | 4 NNW Woodcreek | Hays | (EWX) |
| 8:07 pm | 2.50 | 1 WNW Woodcreek | Hays | (EWX) |
| 8:14 pm | 2.50 | 3 ENE Wimberley | Hays | (EWX) |
| 8:15 pm | 2.00 | 2 NE Wimberley | Hays | mPING report. (EWX) |
| 8:15 pm | 2.00 | 2 WNW Woodcreek | Hays | (EWX) |
| 8:25 pm | 1.00 | Andice | Williamson | Delayed report and radar estimated time. (EWX) |
| 8:27 pm | 3.00 | 4 WNW San Marcos | Hays | San Marcos Academy. (EWX) |
| 8:29 pm | 2.50 | San Marcos | Hays | 2.5 inch hail observed near the Outlets in San Marcos. (EWX) |
| 8:30 pm | 1.25 | 3 WSW San Marcos | Hays | (EWX) |
| 8:36 pm | 2.00 | 1 W San Marcos | Hays | Several home windows broken and solar panel destroyed by wind-blown hail at home of retired law enforcement officer. Max hail size 2 inches. Report relayed by meteorolo (EWX) |
| 8:38 pm | 2.00 | San Marcos | Hays | Report from mPING Hen Egg (2.00 in.) Time estimated from radar. (EWX) |
| 8:42 pm | 1.00 | Georgetown | Williamson | (EWX) |
| 8:43 pm | 1.25 | 2 NW Serenada | Williamson | ARES Net reported hail up to half dollar size in the Sun City area. (EWX) |
| 8:46 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Serenada | Williamson | Report from mPING. (EWX) |
| 9:11 pm | 1.75 | Taylor | Williamson | Golf ball sized hail reported by Taylor TX emergency manager. (EWX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
111 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; 86 were rated 100% and 58 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 | 45 | 34 | 39 | 23 | 4.00 in | 7:33 pm | 10:15 pm |
| KGRK | 34 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 3.50 in | 7:36 pm | 10:12 pm |
| KFWS | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4.00 in | 8:14 pm | 9:14 pm |
| KDFX | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4.00 in | 7:39 pm | 8:14 pm |
| KCRP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 in | 9:19 pm | 9:25 pm |
| KHGX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 10:08 pm | 10:14 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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