Hail on Date

Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, April 1, 2024

The Storm Prediction Center logged 25 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, April 1, 2024, between 6:23 pm and 7:32 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 4.50 inches at 4 WNW Briar (Wise County) at 6:40 pm. NOAA radar flagged 920 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 337 rated a 100% chance of hail and 259 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

25spotter hail reports in the metro
4.50 inlargest reported, 4 WNW Briar
920radar hail signatures inside the metro, 337 rated 100%
3.25 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Dallas-Fort Worth counties with 920 radar hail signatures and 25 spotter hail reports on April 1, 2024 Collin Dallas Denton Ellis Hunt Kaufman Rockwall Johnson Parker Tarrant Wise 4.50 in, 4 WNW Briar
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 8 places in Denton, Parker 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
6:23 pm1.0010 W SpringtownParkerQuarter size hail reported near Poolville. (FWD)
6:34 pm1.256 W SpringtownParkerSpotter report of half dollar size hail. (FWD)
6:35 pm1.002 NW SpringtownParkerReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD)
6:36 pm1.003 N SpringtownWiseReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD)
6:38 pm1.253 N SpringtownWiseReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (FWD)
6:40 pm1.002 W SpringtownParkerReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD)
6:40 pm4.504 WNW BriarWiseGrapefruit size hail reported 5 NE of Springtown by NWS employee. (FWD)
6:42 pm1.25BoydWiseHalf Dollar size hail in Boyd. (FWD)
6:46 pm2.001 ENE BriarWiseHen Egg size hail in Briar... TX. (FWD)
6:50 pm2.501 WSW SpringtownParkerTennis ball size hail reported just NE of Springtown. (FWD)
6:51 pm1.75BoydWise(FWD)
6:53 pm2.002 S BoydWise2 inch measured south of Boyd. (FWD)
6:57 pm1.753 NE RhomeWiseGolfball size hail reported in New Fairview. (FWD)
6:59 pm2.001 WNW NewarkWiseHen Egg size hail in Newark. (FWD)
6:59 pm2.504 SW BoydWiseReport from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (FWD)
7:00 pm3.003 SW JustinDenton3.4 inch hail measured by caliper 8 east of Rhome. (FWD)
7:00 pm1.751 W JustinDentonGolf Ball size hail west of Justin. (FWD)
7:02 pm2.00RhomeWise2 inch hail in Rhome. (FWD)
7:03 pm1.00AuroraWiseQuarter size hail in Aurora. (FWD)
7:03 pm1.003 W JustinDenton1 inch hail in Justin. (FWD)
7:20 pm3.00JustinDenton3 inch size hail in Justin near 156 and 407. (FWD)
7:20 pm1.002 N Corral CityDentonQuarter size hail near Robson Ranch. (FWD)
7:24 pm2.50Corral CityDentonTennis ball size hail near Northlake. (FWD)
7:27 pm2.00Corral CityDentonHAIL SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN TENNIS BALLS IN CORRAL CITY. (FWD)
7:32 pm1.502 S Corral CityDentonReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (FWD)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

920 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; 337 were rated 100% and 62 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KDAL33910394193.25 in6:08 pm11:58 pm
KDFW211513842.25 in6:07 pm11:58 pm
KFWS1305240163.25 in6:03 pm9:49 pm
KDYX1056041113.25 in6:04 pm8:53 pm
KGRK77311901.50 in6:58 pm9:18 pm
KFDR523724123.00 in6:03 pm8:09 pm
KSHV42301.00 in9:22 pm9:38 pm
KTLX21000.75 in8:33 pm8:40 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.