Hail on Date

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.

30spotter hail reports in the metro
5.50 inlargest reported, 1 WNW Salado
1,078radar hail signatures inside the metro, 767 rated 100%
3.25 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Killeen, Temple and Waco counties with 1078 radar hail signatures and 30 spotter hail reports on April 12, 2022 Bell Coryell McLennan Lampasas Falls 5.50 in, 1 WNW Salado
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 9 places in Bell, Coryell, Falls and Lampasas counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
4:22 pm1.5013 SSE EvantLampasasSOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF NEAR PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN IZORO NEAR HWY 1690. (FWD)
6:00 pm5.501 WNW SaladoBellSOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF MEASURED 5.5 INCH HAIL FROM SALADO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD)
6:01 pm4.001 WNW SaladoBellSOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF ESTIMATED 4 INCH HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD)
6:06 pm1.005 SSW Fort HoodBellREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
6:12 pm1.753 NNW SaladoBell(FWD)
6:14 pm1.252 NW SaladoBellHALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT 2484 AND 1670 IN BELL CO. (FWD)
6:15 pm1.752 WNW KilleenBellGOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (FWD)
6:19 pm1.754 SSW BeltonBellREPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FWD)
6:20 pm3.004 SSW BeltonBellDELAYED REPORT. PHOTO RELAYED OF A SEVERAL 3 INCH HAILSTONES MEASURED WITH RULER. (FWD)
6:23 pm1.252 ESE Copperas CoveCoryellDELAYED REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FWD)
6:27 pm1.253 S Fort HoodBellREPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FWD)
6:29 pm1.752 WSW Fort HoodBellGOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED AT PHANTOM LANES ON FORT HOOD. (FWD)
6:30 pm1.753 SSW BeltonBellREPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FWD)
6:40 pm2.002 WSW BeltonBellREPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). (FWD)
6:40 pm1.003 NW Copperas CoveCoryellDELAYED REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
6:46 pm2.254 WSW BeltonBellREPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG+ (2.25 IN.). (FWD)
6:46 pm1.752 NNW KilleenBellREPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FWD)
6:53 pm1.252 NE KilleenBell(FWD)
7:03 pm1.753 E TempleBell(FWD)
7:07 pm1.003 WSW BeltonBell(FWD)
7:18 pm1.001 NNE BeltonBell(FWD)
7:25 pm1.753 SE TempleBell(FWD)
7:32 pm1.009 NNE RogersBell(FWD)
7:49 pm1.004 NNE SaladoBell(FWD)
7:50 pm1.003 WNW TempleBellREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
7:55 pm1.757 WSW RosebudFalls(FWD)
7:57 pm1.00RosebudFallsREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FWD)
8:10 pm1.254 N RogersBell(FWD)
8:36 pm1.001 NNW RosebudFallsQUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ROSEBUD. (FWD)
8:45 pm2.505 SW RosebudFallsDELAYED 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.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KFWS295207160373.25 in9:01 am8:31 pm
KGRK286191149383.00 in9:13 am8:24 pm
KEWX240191157523.25 in9:12 am8:31 pm
KDYX218160124202.75 in3:29 pm7:36 pm
KSJT3918501.50 in3:32 pm4:42 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Killeen, Temple and Waco when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 5 counties (Bell, Coryell, McLennan, Lampasas and Falls counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.