Hail in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 12 hail reports in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, between 5:27 pm and 8:14 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 WSW Copperas Cove (Coryell County) at 5:33 pm. NOAA radar flagged 830 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 336 rated a 100% chance of hail and 272 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Bell, Coryell and McLennan counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Copperas Cove 5 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Killeen 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Hewitt 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Holland 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Valley Mills 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Woodway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:27 pm | 1.25 | 1 SW Copperas Cove | Coryell | Half dollar size hail at FM 116 and US 190. (FWD) |
| 5:30 pm | 1.25 | 1 WSW Copperas Cove | Coryell | 1.25 inch hail at High Chapparal Dr and Hillside St in Copperas Cove. (FWD) |
| 5:33 pm | 2.50 | 1 WSW Copperas Cove | Coryell | Corrected location. Golf ball to tennis ball size hail reported by Inks Lake State Park official in Copperas Cove at Hillside Dr and High Chapparal Drive. (FWD) |
| 5:33 pm | 2.50 | Copperas Cove | Coryell | Golf ball to tennis ball size hail reported by Inks Lake State Park official in Copperas Cove. (FWD) |
| 5:46 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Copperas Cove | Coryell | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 5:52 pm | 1.50 | 7 E Valley Mills | McLennan | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 5:59 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Hewitt | McLennan | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 6:12 pm | 1.25 | 2 S Killeen | Bell | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 6:16 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Killeen | Bell | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 6:19 pm | 1.25 | 3 S Killeen | Bell | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 6:26 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Woodway | McLennan | Report from mPING. (FWD) |
| 8:14 pm | 1.50 | Holland | Bell | (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
830 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; 336 were rated 100% and 56 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 | 260 | 113 | 85 | 21 | 3.75 in | 1:19 pm | 9:11 pm |
| KEWX | 260 | 120 | 96 | 21 | 3.50 in | 1:41 pm | 8:52 pm |
| KGRK | 238 | 84 | 77 | 10 | 2.25 in | 11:47 am | 8:48 pm |
| KDYX | 70 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2.50 in | 1:15 pm | 7:41 pm |
| KSJT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 4:27 pm | 4:31 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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