Hail on Date

Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday, March 16, 2023

The Storm Prediction Center logged 42 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday, March 16, 2023, between 3:06 pm and 7:58 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 3 SSW Fort Worth (Tarrant County) at 5:20 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,745 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 590 rated a 100% chance of hail and 631 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

42spotter hail reports in the metro
3.00 inlargest reported, 3 SSW Fort Worth
1,745radar hail signatures inside the metro, 590 rated 100%
3.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Dallas-Fort Worth counties with 1745 radar hail signatures and 42 spotter hail reports on March 16, 2023 Collin Dallas Denton Ellis Hunt Kaufman Rockwall Johnson Parker Tarrant Wise 3.00 in, 3 SSW Fort Worth
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 23 places in Dallas, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Tarrant and Wise 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
3:06 pm1.753 ENE Mineral WellsParker(FWD)
3:17 pm1.751 E CoolParker(FWD)
3:27 pm1.008 NW WeatherfordParkerREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
3:28 pm1.509 WSW SpringtownParker(FWD)
3:30 pm1.505 N WeatherfordParkerCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 2 WNW WEATHERFORD. (FWD)
3:30 pm2.003 NW WeatherfordParker(FWD)
3:33 pm2.006 N WeatherfordParker(FWD)
3:39 pm1.008 NNW ChicoWise(FWD)
3:48 pm1.251 ENE LakesideTarrant(FWD)
3:54 pm3.003 NW WeatherfordParker(FWD)
3:58 pm1.00Sansom ParkTarrantREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
4:03 pm1.00Sansom ParkTarrantREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
4:59 pm1.003 N IrvingDallasREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
5:01 pm1.003 S Westover HillsTarrantREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
5:02 pm1.251 S IrvingDallas(FWD)
5:05 pm1.503 ENE BenbrookTarrant(FWD)
5:06 pm1.003 SSW Fort WorthTarrant(FWD)
5:07 pm1.753 S Westover HillsTarrant(FWD)
5:10 pm1.001 SSW Fort WorthTarrant(FWD)
5:12 pm2.002 NNE BenbrookTarrant(FWD)
5:14 pm1.002 W CleburneJohnsonREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
5:14 pm1.253 S Westover HillsTarrant(FWD)
5:15 pm1.752 E CleburneJohnson(FWD)
5:16 pm2.001 WNW CleburneJohnsonCORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 1 WNW CLEBURNE. (FWD)
5:17 pm1.502 NE EdgecliffTarrantREPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FWD)
5:19 pm1.502 W CleburneJohnsonREPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FWD)
5:20 pm2.002 NE CleburneJohnson(FWD)
5:20 pm3.003 SSW Fort WorthTarrant(FWD)
5:20 pm1.254 NW SunnyvaleDallas(FWD)
5:28 pm1.004 NE PantegoTarrantREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
5:31 pm1.005 SSE BedfordTarrant(FWD)
5:35 pm1.502 NE BenbrookTarrant(FWD)
5:58 pm1.754 SE AlvaradoJohnson(FWD)
6:02 pm1.003 N MaypearlEllis(FWD)
6:31 pm1.503 S LawrenceKaufman(FWD)
6:32 pm1.004 SW LawrenceKaufman(FWD)
6:39 pm1.752 S TerrellKaufman(FWD)
6:46 pm1.502 WSW TerrellKaufman(FWD)
6:49 pm1.251 ESE LawrenceKaufman(FWD)
6:58 pm1.75BardwellEllis(FWD)
7:02 pm1.75AlmaEllis(FWD)
7:58 pm1.004 SSW CottonwoodKaufman(FWD)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

1,745 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; 590 were rated 100% and 94 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KDFW598153214273.25 in9:06 am7:57 pm
KDAL56516113772.00 in8:55 am8:07 pm
KFWS20291100293.50 in10:36 am7:55 pm
KDYX189102104213.00 in3:05 pm7:38 pm
KGRK133565132.00 in3:58 pm7:51 pm
KFDR35212152.75 in3:04 pm4:50 pm
KSHV236422.50 in10:59 am7:54 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.