Hail on Date

Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday, April 28, 2021

The Storm Prediction Center logged 32 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, between 7:30 pm and 9:05 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 3.25 inches at 3 SW Roanoke (Tarrant County) at 8:40 pm. NOAA radar flagged 611 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 115 rated a 100% chance of hail and 140 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

32spotter hail reports in the metro
3.25 inlargest reported, 3 SW Roanoke
611radar hail signatures inside the metro, 115 rated 100%
4.00 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Dallas-Fort Worth counties with 611 radar hail signatures and 32 spotter hail reports on April 28, 2021 Collin Dallas Denton Ellis Hunt Kaufman Rockwall Johnson Parker Tarrant Wise 3.25 in, 3 SW Roanoke
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 14 places in Denton, Parker and Tarrant counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
7:30 pm1.002 WNW Hudson OaksParkerDELAYED REPORT - QUARTER SIZE HAIL MEASURED AND REPORTED BY SOUTH FIELD STATION EAST PARKER. (FWD)
7:58 pm1.005 W LakesideParkerQUARTER HAIL 5 WEST OFF LAKESIDE. (FWD)
8:06 pm1.001 NNW LakesideTarrantDELAYED REPORT - QUARTER HAIL AT 199 AND NINE MILE BRIDGE IN NW TARRANT COUNTY. (FWD)
8:07 pm1.00SaginawTarrantMULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL FROM AZLE TO SAGINAW. (FWD)
8:14 pm1.751 NE Lake WorthTarrantGOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED ON BOAT CLUB RD. (FWD)
8:15 pm1.502 SE Eagle MountainTarrantDELAYED REPORT - PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR BOAT CLUB AND BAILEY BOSWELL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (FWD)
8:15 pm3.001 SE Eagle MountainTarrant3 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT BOAT CLUB AND BAILEY BOSWELL. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (FWD)
8:19 pm1.004 NE Eagle MountainTarrantDELAYED REPORT - QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY WILLOW SPRING AND BONDS RANCH. (FWD)
8:20 pm2.003 NNE SaginawTarrant2 INCH HAIL WITH NUMEROUS HOMES AND VEHICLES DAMAGED. (FWD)
8:21 pm1.751 NW SaginawTarrantDELAYED REPORT - GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED BY BAILEY BOSWELL AND BUSINESS 287. (FWD)
8:22 pm1.003 SSE HasletTarrantDELAYED REPORT. HERITAGE TRACE AND I-35 GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED. (FWD)
8:23 pm1.752 NNE SaginawTarrantDELAYED REPORT - GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED NEAR HARMON RD AND BLUE MOUND RD. (FWD)
8:24 pm1.503 NE SaginawTarrantHAIL REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US287 AND HARMON RD. (FWD)
8:25 pm1.004 NNE Blue MoundTarrantQUARTER INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE NEAR PRESIDIO VISTA DR. (FWD)
8:26 pm1.00Eagle MountainTarrantDELAYED REPORT - QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE. (FWD)
8:29 pm2.001 SW SaginawTarrant2 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. (FWD)
8:30 pm3.004 NNE Blue MoundTarrantCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 4 NNE BLUE MOUND... 3 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE NEAR PRESIDIO VISTA DR. (FWD)
8:30 pm1.753 W KellerTarrantGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. (FWD)
8:30 pm2.502 WNW KellerTarrantDELAYED REPORT - SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2.5 INCH HAIL. (FWD)
8:32 pm1.754 NW WataugaTarrantGOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. (FWD)
8:35 pm2.003 SSE HasletTarrantDELAYED REPORT - SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2 INCH HAIL NEAR HERITAGE TRACE AND EAST OF I-35. (FWD)
8:37 pm2.504 WSW KellerTarrantTENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. (FWD)
8:37 pm3.003 WNW KellerTarrantMEASURED 3” ON MOORHEN CIR IN KELLER. (FWD)
8:40 pm2.502 N KellerTarrantDELAYED REPORT - SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2.5 INCH HAIL 2 MILES N OF KELLER. (FWD)
8:40 pm3.253 SW RoanokeTarrantDELAYED REPORT - SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WITH PHOTO. HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN 3 INCHES. JUST EAST OF HILLCREST AIRPORT IN KELLER. (FWD)
8:46 pm1.751 SE Trophy ClubDentonGOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED IN TROPHY CLUB. (FWD)
8:47 pm2.252 NW KellerTarrantDELAYED REPORT - 2.25 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR 377 AND MT GILEAD IN KELLER. (FWD)
8:54 pm1.50Flower MoundDenton1.5 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY IN FLOWER MOUND VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (FWD)
8:58 pm1.251 S BartonvilleDentonDELAYED REPORT - HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED 1 S OF BARTONVILLE IN DENTON CO. (FWD)
9:01 pm1.502 E Trophy ClubDentonPING PONG BALL REPORTED IN FLOWER MOUND. (FWD)
9:03 pm1.501 N Flower MoundDenton1.5 INCH HAIL 1 N OF DOWNTOWN FLOWER MOUND. (FWD)
9:05 pm1.001 NW LewisvilleDentonQUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 40 KT WINDS MEASURED IN LEWISVILLE. (FWD)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

611 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; 115 were rated 100% and 65 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KDAL215313972.50 in6:32 am11:50 pm
KDFW16482152.50 in6:37 am11:46 pm
KFWS923235224.00 in8:18 am11:43 pm
KDYX572223204.00 in8:18 am11:45 pm
KFDR541717113.75 in8:20 am11:43 pm
KTLX210000.50 in9:52 am11:50 pm
KGRK85501.75 in9:59 am11:51 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Dallas-Fort Worth when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 11 counties (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.