Hail in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 30 hail reports in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, between 4:22 pm and 8:45 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 5.50 inches at 1 WNW Salado (Bell County) at 6:00 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,078 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 767 rated a 100% chance of hail and 595 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 9 places in Bell, Coryell, Falls and Lampasas counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Belton 7 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Salado 5 reports, up to 5.50 in
- Rosebud 4 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Fort Hood 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Killeen 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Temple 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Copperas Cove 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Rogers 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Evant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:22 pm | 1.50 | 13 SSE Evant | Lampasas | SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF NEAR PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN IZORO NEAR HWY 1690. (FWD) |
| 6:00 pm | 5.50 | 1 WNW Salado | Bell | SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF MEASURED 5.5 INCH HAIL FROM SALADO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:01 pm | 4.00 | 1 WNW Salado | Bell | SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF ESTIMATED 4 INCH HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD) |
| 6:06 pm | 1.00 | 5 SSW Fort Hood | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:12 pm | 1.75 | 3 NNW Salado | Bell | (FWD) |
| 6:14 pm | 1.25 | 2 NW Salado | Bell | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 2484 AND 1670 IN BELL CO. (FWD) |
| 6:15 pm | 1.75 | 2 WNW Killeen | Bell | GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (FWD) |
| 6:19 pm | 1.75 | 4 SSW Belton | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:20 pm | 3.00 | 4 SSW Belton | Bell | DELAYED REPORT. PHOTO RELAYED OF A SEVERAL 3 INCH HAILSTONES MEASURED WITH RULER. (FWD) |
| 6:23 pm | 1.25 | 2 ESE Copperas Cove | Coryell | DELAYED REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:27 pm | 1.25 | 3 S Fort Hood | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:29 pm | 1.75 | 2 WSW Fort Hood | Bell | GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED AT PHANTOM LANES ON FORT HOOD. (FWD) |
| 6:30 pm | 1.75 | 3 SSW Belton | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:40 pm | 2.00 | 2 WSW Belton | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:40 pm | 1.00 | 3 NW Copperas Cove | Coryell | DELAYED REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:46 pm | 2.25 | 4 WSW Belton | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG+ (2.25 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:46 pm | 1.75 | 2 NNW Killeen | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FWD) |
| 6:53 pm | 1.25 | 2 NE Killeen | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:03 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Temple | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:07 pm | 1.00 | 3 WSW Belton | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:18 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNE Belton | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:25 pm | 1.75 | 3 SE Temple | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:32 pm | 1.00 | 9 NNE Rogers | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:49 pm | 1.00 | 4 NNE Salado | Bell | (FWD) |
| 7:50 pm | 1.00 | 3 WNW Temple | Bell | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 7:55 pm | 1.75 | 7 WSW Rosebud | Falls | (FWD) |
| 7:57 pm | 1.00 | Rosebud | Falls | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.25 | 4 N Rogers | Bell | (FWD) |
| 8:36 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNW Rosebud | Falls | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ROSEBUD. (FWD) |
| 8:45 pm | 2.50 | 5 SW Rosebud | Falls | DELAYED REPORT. MEASURED 2.5 INCH HAIL. (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,078 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; 767 were rated 100% and 147 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFWS | 295 | 207 | 160 | 37 | 3.25 in | 9:01 am | 8:31 pm |
| KGRK | 286 | 191 | 149 | 38 | 3.00 in | 9:13 am | 8:24 pm |
| KEWX | 240 | 191 | 157 | 52 | 3.25 in | 9:12 am | 8:31 pm |
| KDYX | 218 | 160 | 124 | 20 | 2.75 in | 3:29 pm | 7:36 pm |
| KSJT | 39 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 in | 3:32 pm | 4:42 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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