Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, May 3, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 24 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, May 3, 2021, between 5:34 pm and 10:06 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 2 NW Rio Vista (Johnson County) at 7:20 pm. NOAA radar flagged 2,819 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 1,437 rated a 100% chance of hail and 1,018 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 17 places in Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker and Wise counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Denton 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Rio Vista 3 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Sanctuary 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Rhome 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Aledo 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Alvord 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Annetta 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Argyle 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Briaroaks 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Celina 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Cleburne 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Lawrence 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Maypearl 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mesquite 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Midlothian 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Reno 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Waxahachie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:34 pm | 1.00 | 9 ENE Alvord | Wise | (FWD) |
| 6:40 pm | 1.50 | 5 SSE Aledo | Parker | (FWD) |
| 6:44 pm | 1.25 | 4 SW Denton | Denton | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:46 pm | 1.00 | 2 WSW Annetta | Parker | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:46 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSW Sanctuary | Parker | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:50 pm | 1.25 | 2 SSW Sanctuary | Parker | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:50 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Argyle | Denton | REPORTED NORTH OF ARGYLE. (FWD) |
| 6:53 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSE Denton | Denton | (FWD) |
| 6:54 pm | 2.00 | 1 WNW Sanctuary | Parker | REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:56 pm | 1.75 | Reno | Parker | (FWD) |
| 7:04 pm | 1.75 | 8 W Rio Vista | Johnson | (FWD) |
| 7:06 pm | 1.75 | 2 SE Rhome | Wise | (FWD) |
| 7:10 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSE Denton | Denton | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 7:10 pm | 1.00 | 4 W Celina | Denton | (FWD) |
| 7:15 pm | 1.00 | Rhome | Wise | (FWD) |
| 7:18 pm | 1.50 | 1 NNE Rio Vista | Johnson | (FWD) |
| 7:20 pm | 3.00 | 2 NW Rio Vista | Johnson | REPORT FROM MPING: TEA CUP (3.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 8:21 pm | 1.75 | 3 SSW Cleburne | Johnson | (FWD) |
| 8:44 pm | 1.00 | 5 S Midlothian | Ellis | (FWD) |
| 8:47 pm | 1.50 | 3 E Briaroaks | Johnson | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FWD) |
| 9:03 pm | 1.00 | 4 WSW Mesquite | Dallas | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 9:23 pm | 1.75 | 1 NE Waxahachie | Ellis | (FWD) |
| 9:58 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW Maypearl | Ellis | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 10:06 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSE Lawrence | Kaufman | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
2,819 signatures from 8 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; 1,437 were rated 100% and 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDAL | 983 | 519 | 343 | 32 | 3.25 in | 4:20 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KDFW | 831 | 283 | 214 | 13 | 2.50 in | 4:25 pm | 11:51 pm |
| KFWS | 383 | 234 | 171 | 23 | 2.75 in | 4:19 pm | 11:51 pm |
| KGRK | 198 | 120 | 89 | 4 | 2.75 in | 4:41 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KDYX | 193 | 125 | 105 | 19 | 3.00 in | 4:20 pm | 11:19 pm |
| KFDR | 167 | 115 | 71 | 8 | 2.25 in | 4:35 pm | 9:19 pm |
| KSHV | 40 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1.50 in | 9:08 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KTLX | 24 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:12 pm | 9:56 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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