Hail in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Thursday, April 8, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 10 hail reports in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Thursday, April 8, 2021, between 6:25 pm and 8:03 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 8 W Rosebud (Falls County) at 8:03 pm. NOAA radar flagged 239 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 158 rated a 100% chance of hail and 164 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Bell, Falls and McLennan counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- McGregor 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Moody 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Crawford 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hewitt 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lorena 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Lott 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Rosebud 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Troy 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:25 pm | 1.00 | 3 NNW Crawford | McLennan | (FWD) |
| 6:54 pm | 1.00 | 2 WNW McGregor | McLennan | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:55 pm | 2.00 | 2 ENE McGregor | McLennan | (FWD) |
| 6:56 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Hewitt | McLennan | (FWD) |
| 7:05 pm | 1.75 | 4 WSW Lorena | McLennan | HALF DOLLAR TO GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED. (FWD) |
| 7:25 pm | 1.50 | Moody | McLennan | PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN MOODY. (FWD) |
| 7:26 pm | 1.25 | 2 SSW Moody | McLennan | (FWD) |
| 7:34 pm | 1.50 | 4 E Troy | Bell | SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF 1.5 INCH HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD) |
| 7:37 pm | 1.00 | 5 NNW Lott | Falls | TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD) |
| 8:03 pm | 2.00 | 8 W Rosebud | Falls | EGG SIZE HAIL 8 WEST OF ROSEBUD. (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
239 signatures from 5 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; 158 were rated 100% and 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEWX | 79 | 56 | 60 | 38 | 3.75 in | 5:21 pm | 8:04 pm |
| KFWS | 69 | 51 | 52 | 36 | 4.00 in | 5:22 pm | 8:01 pm |
| KGRK | 54 | 33 | 35 | 21 | 3.50 in | 5:22 pm | 7:57 pm |
| KDYX | 34 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3.00 in | 5:21 pm | 7:16 pm |
| KSJT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 5:25 pm | 6:07 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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