Hail in Austin on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 12 hail reports in Austin on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, between 5:40 pm and 6:38 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 1 SSW Cedar Park (Williamson County) at 6:00 pm. NOAA radar flagged 217 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 83 rated a 100% chance of hail and 73 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Travis and Williamson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Cedar Park 5 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Leander 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Austin 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Liberty Hill 2 reports, up to 1.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:40 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Liberty Hill | Williamson | Cocorahs observer reports pea to quarter sized hail. (EWX) |
| 5:56 pm | 1.50 | 5 WNW Leander | Travis | Hail up to 1.5 inch with leaf shredding. (EWX) |
| 6:00 pm | 2.00 | 1 SSW Cedar Park | Williamson | Nickel to chicken egg size hail for 20 minutes. (EWX) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.25 | 3 S Liberty Hill | Williamson | Report from mPING Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EWX) |
| 6:02 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Leander | Travis | Amateur radio operator reports quarter sized hail. (EWX) |
| 6:06 pm | 1.00 | 1 ESE Cedar Park | Williamson | Amateur radio reports quarter sized hail at Park Street and U.S. 183. (EWX) |
| 6:06 pm | 1.75 | 2 SSE Leander | Williamson | Photo received from public. Size estimated through comparison with penny. Time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 6:08 pm | 1.50 | 2 NNW Cedar Park | Williamson | Photo with ruler of 1.5 inch hail. Time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 6:16 pm | 1.50 | 2 SE Cedar Park | Williamson | Multiple photos of 1.5 inch hail on social media. (EWX) |
| 6:20 pm | 1.75 | 2 W Cedar Park | Travis | Corrects previous hail report from 2 W Cedar Park. Picture of golf ball size hail on social media. (EWX) |
| 6:30 pm | 1.00 | 6 N Austin | Travis | (EWX) |
| 6:38 pm | 1.00 | 5 NE Austin | Travis | Pea to quarter sized hail. Time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
217 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; 83 were rated 100% and 39 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 | 108 | 41 | 33 | 18 | 4.00 in | 3:58 am | 7:36 pm |
| KEWX | 72 | 29 | 28 | 15 | 4.00 in | 3:46 am | 7:33 pm |
| KHGX | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1.75 in | 6:09 am | 7:51 pm |
| KDFX | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 4:19 am | 5:45 am |
| KFWS | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4.00 in | 12:53 pm | 6:00 pm |
| KCRP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 4:19 am | 5:37 am |
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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