Hail in Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday, May 9, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 8 hail reports in Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday, May 9, 2024, between 1:07 pm and 5:15 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 3 SW Cleburne (Johnson County) at 5:05 pm. NOAA radar flagged 408 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 166 rated a 100% chance of hail and 178 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Denton, Johnson and Wise counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Chico 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Cleburne 2 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Alvord 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lake Bridgeport 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Pilot Point 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Rio Vista 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:07 pm | 1.50 | 5 NW Lake Bridgeport | Wise | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (FWD) |
| 1:12 pm | 1.75 | 3 WSW Chico | Wise | Golfball hail reported at Wise Co Park southwest of Chico. (FWD) |
| 1:16 pm | 1.75 | 3 N Chico | Wise | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (FWD) |
| 1:20 pm | 1.00 | Alvord | Wise | 1 inch hail reported in Alvord. (FWD) |
| 2:39 pm | 1.00 | Pilot Point | Denton | Amateur radio reports quarter-sized hail in Pilot Point... TX. (FWD) |
| 4:49 pm | 3.00 | 11 SW Cleburne | Johnson | 3 inch hail reported at Cleburne State Park. Corrects previous hail report from 11 SW Cleburne. 2 inch hail reported at Cleburne State Park. (FWD) |
| 5:05 pm | 3.00 | 3 SW Cleburne | Johnson | Report of 3 inch hail at Westlake Rd and Nolan River Rd. (FWD) |
| 5:15 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Rio Vista | Johnson | Quarter size hail reported at CR1205 and CR1104. (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
408 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; 166 were rated 100% and 113 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 | 131 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 2.00 in | 12:01 am | 7:17 pm |
| KDAL | 126 | 49 | 48 | 23 | 3.00 in | 12:02 am | 6:21 pm |
| KDYX | 47 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 3.75 in | 12:02 am | 5:18 pm |
| KFWS | 41 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 3.75 in | 12:03 am | 5:14 pm |
| KFDR | 28 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3.25 in | 1:00 pm | 3:38 pm |
| KTLX | 19 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3.00 in | 1:11 pm | 5:06 pm |
| KGRK | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2.75 in | 12:01 am | 5:41 pm |
| KSHV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 12:13 am | 12:13 am |
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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