Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Friday, May 19, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 16 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Friday, May 19, 2023, between 3:01 pm and 7:05 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 ENE Allen (Collin County) at 7:00 pm. NOAA radar flagged 2,666 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 441 rated a 100% chance of hail and 410 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Collin, Denton, Johnson and Tarrant counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Allen 6 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Plano 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Frisco 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Flower Mound 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lucas 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Prosper 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Rendon 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Watauga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:01 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Flower Mound | Denton | EM REPORTS DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN FLOWER MOUND. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 3:05 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Prosper | Collin | HAM REPORTS 1 INCH HAIL 1 MILE N OF US-380 AND DALLAS TOLLWAY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 3:46 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Watauga | Tarrant | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN NORTH RICHLAND HILLS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 4:48 pm | 1.25 | 3 SSW Rendon | Johnson | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:43 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSW Frisco | Collin | EM REPORTS QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE FORD CENTER IN FRISCO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:44 pm | 1.50 | 3 WNW Plano | Collin | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS PING PONG SIZED HAIL AT CORNER OF LEGACY DR AND OHIO DR IN PLANO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:45 pm | 2.00 | 2 S Frisco | Collin | DELAYED REPORT - 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT 3865 PRESTON RD IN SOUTH FRISCO BY TRAINED SPOTTER. (FWD) |
| 6:48 pm | 2.00 | 4 N Plano | Collin | HAM REPORTED 2 INCH HAIL NEAR MCDERMOTT AND INDEPENDENCE IN PLANO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:50 pm | 1.75 | 3 NNE Plano | Collin | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 1.75 INCH HAIL IN PLANO. (FWD) |
| 6:52 pm | 2.00 | 2 S Allen | Collin | HAM REPORTS 2 INCH HAIL NEAR GREENVILLE AND BETHANY IN ALLEN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:52 pm | 1.75 | 2 WSW Allen | Collin | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:57 pm | 2.50 | 1 ENE Allen | Collin | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 1 ENE ALLEN. HAM REPORTS 2.5 INCH MEASURED HAIL STONE NEAR GREENVILLE AND EXCHANGE PARKWAY IN ALLEN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:57 pm | 1.50 | 1 N Allen | Collin | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM 1 N ALLEN. HAM REPORTS 1.5 INCH HAIL MEASURED; NEAR EXCHANGE PARKWAY AND US-75. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:57 pm | 1.75 | 1 N Allen | Collin | DELAYED REPORT - GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN ALLEN; CAUSED DAMAGE TO WINDOW AND CAR. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 7:00 pm | 2.50 | 1 ENE Allen | Collin | HAM REPORTS 2.5 INCH MEASURED HAIL STONE NEAR GREENVILLE AND EXCHANGE PARKWAY IN ALLEN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
| 7:05 pm | 2.00 | 1 SW Lucas | Collin | HAM REPORTS 2 INCH HAIL MEASURED AT COUNTRY CLUB RD AND WEST LUCAS RD IN LUCAS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
2,666 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; 441 were rated 100% and 17 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 | 847 | 150 | 174 | 8 | 2.50 in | 1:40 pm | 9:34 pm |
| KFWS | 544 | 134 | 117 | 9 | 4.00 in | 1:43 pm | 9:33 pm |
| KDFW | 455 | 18 | 42 | 0 | 1.50 in | 1:54 pm | 9:40 pm |
| KDYX | 442 | 88 | 52 | 0 | 1.50 in | 2:09 pm | 9:37 pm |
| KGRK | 273 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1.50 in | 2:12 pm | 9:35 pm |
| KFDR | 77 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1.25 in | 1:46 pm | 9:09 pm |
| KTLX | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1.25 in | 1:46 pm | 4:13 pm |
| KSHV | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 4:34 pm | 5:12 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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