Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, between 8:32 pm and 9:55 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 3 SSW Springtown (Parker County) at 8:44 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,377 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 458 rated a 100% chance of hail and 347 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Dallas, Parker and Tarrant counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Springtown 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Cool 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Irving 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- White Settlement 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:32 pm | 1.50 | 9 WSW Springtown | Parker | (FWD) |
| 8:35 pm | 1.50 | 13 NNE Cool | Parker | Ping pong ball sized hail reported 3 west of Poolville. (FWD) |
| 8:44 pm | 1.75 | 3 SSW Springtown | Parker | Delayed report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:05 pm | 1.50 | 3 W White Settlement | Tarrant | Delayed report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:55 pm | 1.25 | 1 SE Irving | Dallas | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,377 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; 458 were rated 100% and 135 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 | 451 | 188 | 113 | 56 | 3.75 in | 6:42 pm | 11:48 pm |
| KDFW | 371 | 58 | 69 | 11 | 2.75 in | 6:33 pm | 11:23 pm |
| KFWS | 226 | 90 | 66 | 25 | 4.00 in | 5:58 pm | 11:44 pm |
| KGRK | 118 | 57 | 41 | 12 | 3.50 in | 8:47 pm | 11:39 pm |
| KDYX | 99 | 38 | 33 | 16 | 4.00 in | 5:57 pm | 10:57 pm |
| KFDR | 45 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 4.00 in | 6:01 pm | 10:04 pm |
| KSHV | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 7:33 pm | 11:45 pm |
| KTLX | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3.00 in | 6:00 pm | 9:12 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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