Hail in Austin on Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 13 hail reports in Austin on Thursday, May 22, 2025, between 7:00 pm and 7:58 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at Uhland (Hays County) at 7:28 pm. NOAA radar flagged 61 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 30 rated a 100% chance of hail and 35 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Caldwell, Hays and Travis counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Martindale 4 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Uhland 4 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Mustang Ridge 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Creedmoor 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Kyle 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Niederwald 1 report, up to 1.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNW Martindale | Caldwell | Dents in cars... shredded leaves. (EWX) |
| 7:10 pm | 1.50 | 4 NE Martindale | Caldwell | (EWX) |
| 7:14 pm | 2.00 | 5 S Kyle | Hays | Picture relayed via social media. (EWX) |
| 7:23 pm | 2.00 | Martindale | Caldwell | Picture via social media. (EWX) |
| 7:23 pm | 2.50 | 3 WSW Uhland | Hays | Near Simon Middle School. (EWX) |
| 7:28 pm | 2.75 | Uhland | Hays | Picture via social media. (EWX) |
| 7:28 pm | 2.00 | 2 NNW Uhland | Hays | Hail reported via Slack from broadcast media. (EWX) |
| 7:32 pm | 1.50 | 3 N Martindale | Caldwell | video and several pictures of hail stripping leaves covering ground. (EWX) |
| 7:37 pm | 1.75 | Uhland | Hays | Picture via social media. (EWX) |
| 7:40 pm | 1.00 | 1 ESE Niederwald | Hays | Quarter size hail. (EWX) |
| 7:57 pm | 1.25 | Creedmoor | Travis | Picture via social media. (EWX) |
| 7:58 pm | 1.75 | Mustang Ridge | Travis | Received phone call from resident stating it was hailing hard and biggest size is golf ball. (EWX) |
| 7:58 pm | 1.50 | 1 WNW Mustang Ridge | Travis | multiple pictures relayed via social media. (EWX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
61 signatures from 2 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; 30 were rated 100% and 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGRK | 33 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2.75 in | 4:47 pm | 8:08 pm |
| KEWX | 28 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 4.00 in | 4:46 pm | 8:07 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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