Hail in Houston on Friday, June 23, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 13 hail reports in Houston on Friday, June 23, 2023, between 7:46 pm and 9:00 pm CDT, in 1 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 5 W Jersey Village (Harris County) at 8:50 pm. NOAA radar flagged 709 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 217 rated a 100% chance of hail and 194 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Harris County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Houston 6 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Jersey Village 4 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Cypress 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Galena Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Jacinto City 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:46 pm | 1.00 | 5 WSW Galena Park | Harris | Quarter sized hail was observed. (HGX) |
| 7:46 pm | 1.00 | 4 WNW Jacinto City | Harris | Slightly larger than quarter sized hail observed. (HGX) |
| 7:50 pm | 1.50 | 5 SE Houston | Harris | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed. (HGX) |
| 7:50 pm | 2.00 | 4 ESE Houston | Harris | Egg sized hail broke a window at a home. (HGX) |
| 7:51 pm | 2.00 | 5 SE Houston | Harris | Egg sized hail observed. (HGX) |
| 7:52 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Houston | Harris | Quarter sized hail was observed. (HGX) |
| 8:04 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSE Houston | Harris | Quarter sized hail was observed. (HGX) |
| 8:12 pm | 2.00 | 2 NNW Houston | Harris | Corrects previous hail report from 2 NNW Houston. Golf ball to egg sized hail was observed. (HGX) |
| 8:45 pm | 2.00 | 4 WSW Jersey Village | Harris | Hail up to egg sized observed near the West Little York Road and Highway 6 intersection. (HGX) |
| 8:46 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Jersey Village | Harris | Numerous reports of quarter sized hail just west of Jersey Village. (HGX) |
| 8:50 pm | 2.00 | 5 W Jersey Village | Harris | Egg sized hail was observed to the west of Jersey Village. (HGX) |
| 8:55 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Jersey Village | Harris | Penny to quarter sized hail observed near the intersection of FM 529 and Highway 6. (HGX) |
| 9:00 pm | 1.50 | 6 S Cypress | Harris | Hail fell near Park Hollow Ct. (HGX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
709 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; 217 were rated 100% and 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHOU | 207 | 60 | 56 | 7 | 2.25 in | 11:16 am | 10:14 pm |
| KIAH | 158 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.50 in | 11:28 am | 10:25 pm |
| KHGX | 100 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 2.75 in | 10:51 am | 10:22 pm |
| KGRK | 91 | 63 | 60 | 6 | 2.25 in | 6:46 pm | 10:26 pm |
| KLCH | 89 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 2.50 in | 10:22 am | 9:56 pm |
| KPOE | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 10:45 am | 12:58 pm |
| KEWX | 24 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2.25 in | 8:49 pm | 10:31 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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