Hail in Houston on Saturday, March 16, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Houston on Saturday, March 16, 2024, between 2:47 am and 5:12 am CDT, in 2 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at 1 SE Needville (Fort Bend County) at 3:59 am. NOAA radar flagged 788 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 242 rated a 100% chance of hail and 253 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 2 places in Brazoria and Fort Bend counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Needville 5 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Kendleton 1 report, up to 1.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:47 am | 1.75 | Kendleton | Fort Bend | Local law enforcement reported golf ball sized hail in Kendleton. (HGX) |
| 2:59 am | 2.50 | 1 NNE Needville | Fort Bend | Corrects previous hail report from 1 NNE Needville. Social media photos showed widespread hail near the intersection of Hwy 36 and School St in Needville... with a meas (HGX) |
| 3:03 am | 2.50 | Needville | Fort Bend | Local law enforcement reported hail damage to homes across Needville. Hail size was estimated based on nearby photos received near time of the damage. (HGX) |
| 3:24 am | 1.50 | 9 SE Needville | Brazoria | Widespread hail was reported just north of Damon... with a maximum estimated diameter of 1.5 inches based on provided photos. (HGX) |
| 3:59 am | 2.75 | 1 SE Needville | Fort Bend | Report from mPING: Baseball (2.75 in.). (HGX) |
| 5:12 am | 2.50 | 1 NNE Needville | Fort Bend | Social media photos showed widespread hail near the intersection of Hwy 36 and School St in Needville... with a measured maximum diameter of 2.5 inches. (HGX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
788 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; 242 were rated 100% and 88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIAH | 291 | 94 | 100 | 25 | 2.75 in | 1:23 am | 8:49 am |
| KHOU | 244 | 46 | 65 | 24 | 3.00 in | 1:39 am | 6:48 am |
| KGRK | 98 | 34 | 30 | 17 | 4.00 in | 1:41 am | 8:48 am |
| KHGX | 72 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4.00 in | 1:37 am | 8:48 am |
| KEWX | 57 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4.00 in | 1:38 am | 5:03 am |
| KLCH | 23 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1.50 in | 4:04 am | 6:26 am |
| KPOE | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 5:12 am | 5:21 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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