Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, April 8, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 19 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, April 8, 2024, between 7:09 pm and 11:42 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 2 S Boyd (Wise County) at 11:30 pm. NOAA radar flagged 935 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 256 rated a 100% chance of hail and 382 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 15 places in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Tarrant and Wise counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Roanoke 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Fort Worth 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Rowlett 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Aubrey 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Boyd 1 report, up to 3.00 in
- Double Oak 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Ennis 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Garrett 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Greenville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Haslet 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mesquite 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Prosper 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Rhome 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Sanger 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Sunnyvale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:09 pm | 1.50 | 2 W Ennis | Ellis | Ping pong ball sized hail 2 west of Ennis. (FWD) |
| 7:15 pm | 1.75 | Garrett | Ellis | (FWD) |
| 8:00 pm | 1.50 | Mesquite | Dallas | (FWD) |
| 8:00 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSW Sunnyvale | Dallas | (FWD) |
| 8:20 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Rowlett | Dallas | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 8:20 pm | 1.25 | Rowlett | Dallas | (FWD) |
| 8:26 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Greenville | Hunt | (FWD) |
| 9:11 pm | 1.25 | 2 E Fort Worth | Tarrant | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:14 pm | 1.25 | Roanoke | Denton | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:15 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Fort Worth | Tarrant | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:21 pm | 1.75 | 3 SW Double Oak | Denton | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:22 pm | 1.00 | 4 NE Prosper | Collin | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:23 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Haslet | Tarrant | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:37 pm | 1.00 | Roanoke | Denton | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 9:40 pm | 1.00 | 3 NW Roanoke | Denton | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 10:22 pm | 1.00 | 5 NW Sanger | Denton | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 10:28 pm | 1.75 | Aubrey | Denton | (FWD) |
| 11:30 pm | 3.00 | 2 S Boyd | Wise | Report from mPING: Tea Cup (3.00 in.). (FWD) |
| 11:42 pm | 2.00 | 6 N Rhome | Wise | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
935 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; 256 were rated 100% and 71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDFW | 361 | 48 | 121 | 16 | 2.50 in | 7:04 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KFWS | 239 | 82 | 115 | 30 | 4.00 in | 6:56 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KDYX | 133 | 42 | 56 | 9 | 3.50 in | 7:31 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KFDR | 110 | 53 | 57 | 9 | 3.50 in | 8:58 pm | 11:59 pm |
| KGRK | 43 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2.25 in | 6:54 pm | 9:44 pm |
| KTLX | 31 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3.00 in | 9:26 pm | 11:58 pm |
| KSHV | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1.25 in | 7:12 pm | 8:34 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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