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.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Denton, Parker and Wise counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Springtown 7 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Boyd 4 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Corral City 4 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Justin 4 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Briar 2 reports, up to 4.50 in
- Rhome 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Aurora 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Newark 1 report, up to 2.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:23 pm | 1.00 | 10 W Springtown | Parker | Quarter size hail reported near Poolville. (FWD) |
| 6:34 pm | 1.25 | 6 W Springtown | Parker | Spotter report of half dollar size hail. (FWD) |
| 6:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 NW Springtown | Parker | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 6:36 pm | 1.00 | 3 N Springtown | Wise | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 6:38 pm | 1.25 | 3 N Springtown | Wise | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (FWD) |
| 6:40 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Springtown | Parker | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 6:40 pm | 4.50 | 4 WNW Briar | Wise | Grapefruit size hail reported 5 NE of Springtown by NWS employee. (FWD) |
| 6:42 pm | 1.25 | Boyd | Wise | Half Dollar size hail in Boyd. (FWD) |
| 6:46 pm | 2.00 | 1 ENE Briar | Wise | Hen Egg size hail in Briar... TX. (FWD) |
| 6:50 pm | 2.50 | 1 WSW Springtown | Parker | Tennis ball size hail reported just NE of Springtown. (FWD) |
| 6:51 pm | 1.75 | Boyd | Wise | (FWD) |
| 6:53 pm | 2.00 | 2 S Boyd | Wise | 2 inch measured south of Boyd. (FWD) |
| 6:57 pm | 1.75 | 3 NE Rhome | Wise | Golfball size hail reported in New Fairview. (FWD) |
| 6:59 pm | 2.00 | 1 WNW Newark | Wise | Hen Egg size hail in Newark. (FWD) |
| 6:59 pm | 2.50 | 4 SW Boyd | Wise | Report from mPING: Tennis Ball (2.50 in.). (FWD) |
| 7:00 pm | 3.00 | 3 SW Justin | Denton | 3.4 inch hail measured by caliper 8 east of Rhome. (FWD) |
| 7:00 pm | 1.75 | 1 W Justin | Denton | Golf Ball size hail west of Justin. (FWD) |
| 7:02 pm | 2.00 | Rhome | Wise | 2 inch hail in Rhome. (FWD) |
| 7:03 pm | 1.00 | Aurora | Wise | Quarter size hail in Aurora. (FWD) |
| 7:03 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Justin | Denton | 1 inch hail in Justin. (FWD) |
| 7:20 pm | 3.00 | Justin | Denton | 3 inch size hail in Justin near 156 and 407. (FWD) |
| 7:20 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Corral City | Denton | Quarter size hail near Robson Ranch. (FWD) |
| 7:24 pm | 2.50 | Corral City | Denton | Tennis ball size hail near Northlake. (FWD) |
| 7:27 pm | 2.00 | Corral City | Denton | HAIL SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN TENNIS BALLS IN CORRAL CITY. (FWD) |
| 7:32 pm | 1.50 | 2 S Corral City | Denton | Report 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.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDAL | 339 | 103 | 94 | 19 | 3.25 in | 6:08 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KDFW | 211 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 2.25 in | 6:07 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KFWS | 130 | 52 | 40 | 16 | 3.25 in | 6:03 pm | 9:49 pm |
| KDYX | 105 | 60 | 41 | 11 | 3.25 in | 6:04 pm | 8:53 pm |
| KGRK | 77 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 1.50 in | 6:58 pm | 9:18 pm |
| KFDR | 52 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 3.00 in | 6:03 pm | 8:09 pm |
| KSHV | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 in | 9:22 pm | 9:38 pm |
| KTLX | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 8:33 pm | 8:40 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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