Hail in Houston on Friday, March 15, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 14 hail reports in Houston on Friday, March 15, 2024, between 3:17 pm and 6:29 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 WNW Bellville (Austin County) at 3:17 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,989 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 553 rated a 100% chance of hail and 537 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 10 places in Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend and Harris counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Bellville 3 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Angleton 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Stafford 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- First Colony 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Missouri City 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Pleak 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Richmond 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- South Houston 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Southside Place 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Sugar Land 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:17 pm | 1.75 | Bellville | Austin | Golf Ball sized hail in Bellville. (HGX) |
| 3:17 pm | 2.50 | 1 WNW Bellville | Austin | Tennis ball sized hail was reported. (HGX) |
| 3:21 pm | 1.75 | Bellville | Austin | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (HGX) |
| 3:30 pm | 1.75 | Pleak | Fort Bend | Golf ball sized hail in Pleak. (HGX) |
| 3:56 pm | 1.00 | 5 ESE Richmond | Fort Bend | Quarter sized hail was reported. (HGX) |
| 4:06 pm | 1.00 | First Colony | Fort Bend | (HGX) |
| 4:10 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSW Sugar Land | Fort Bend | (HGX) |
| 4:17 pm | 1.50 | 2 SW Stafford | Fort Bend | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (HGX) |
| 4:17 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Stafford | Fort Bend | (HGX) |
| 4:23 pm | 1.00 | 3 NE Missouri City | Fort Bend | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (HGX) |
| 4:30 pm | 1.00 | 3 SE Southside Place | Harris | (HGX) |
| 4:45 pm | 1.50 | 3 WNW South Houston | Harris | (HGX) |
| 6:27 pm | 1.00 | 3 NNW Angleton | Brazoria | (HGX) |
| 6:29 pm | 1.75 | 3 NNE Angleton | Brazoria | (HGX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,989 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; 553 were rated 100% and 153 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 | 618 | 158 | 179 | 48 | 3.50 in | 7:13 am | 7:53 pm |
| KIAH | 575 | 125 | 146 | 31 | 3.00 in | 6:08 am | 7:09 pm |
| KGRK | 218 | 83 | 62 | 21 | 4.00 in | 7:23 am | 6:50 pm |
| KHGX | 213 | 78 | 64 | 29 | 4.00 in | 7:01 am | 7:44 pm |
| KEWX | 148 | 64 | 56 | 19 | 4.00 in | 7:09 am | 6:43 pm |
| KLCH | 119 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 3.50 in | 8:27 am | 7:34 pm |
| KPOE | 96 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1.75 in | 2:34 pm | 7:35 pm |
| KCRP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 6:53 pm | 7:24 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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