Hail in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Tuesday, April 28, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 10 hail reports in Killeen, Temple and Waco on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, between 9:00 pm and 11:14 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 3 ENE West (McLennan County) at 9:04 pm. NOAA radar flagged 90 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 83 rated a 100% chance of hail and 83 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Falls and McLennan counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Northcrest 3 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Hallsburg 2 reports, up to 2.75 in
- West 2 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Bellmead 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Lacy-Lakeview 1 report, up to 2.50 in
- Riesel 1 report, up to 2.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 pm | 2.75 | 3 NE West | McLennan | Baseball size hail between West and Penelope via social media report. (FWD) |
| 9:04 pm | 3.00 | 3 ENE West | McLennan | 3 inch hail on Cottonwood near North Czech Hall Road. (FWD) |
| 10:34 pm | 1.00 | 3 NW Northcrest | McLennan | Report from mPING Quarter 1.00 in. (FWD) |
| 10:35 pm | 1.00 | 1 E Northcrest | McLennan | Report from mPING Quarter 1.00 in. (FWD) |
| 10:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Northcrest | McLennan | Quarter sized hail was reported in Elm Mott. (FWD) |
| 10:40 pm | 1.50 | 1 SE Bellmead | McLennan | Report from mPING Ping Pong Ball 1.50 in. (FWD) |
| 10:43 pm | 2.50 | 1 NE Lacy-Lakeview | McLennan | Report from mPING: Tennis Ball 2.50 in. (FWD) |
| 10:50 pm | 2.25 | 2 WNW Hallsburg | McLennan | 2.25 inch diameter hail reported near Tradinghouse Lake. (FWD) |
| 10:55 pm | 2.75 | Hallsburg | McLennan | Delayed report from Tuesday night April 28th. Numerous social media photos showed hail from golfball to baseball size fell in Hallsburg. Significant damage occurred to (FWD) |
| 11:14 pm | 2.50 | 6 SE Riesel | Falls | Facebook photo showed tennis ball size hail fell on CR 142 between Perry and Otto. (FWD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
90 signatures from 4 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; 83 were rated 100% and 79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGRK | 34 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 4.00 in | 8:51 pm | 11:45 pm |
| KFWS | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 4.00 in | 9:33 pm | 11:54 pm |
| KEWX | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 4.00 in | 10:35 pm | 11:52 pm |
| KDYX | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4.00 in | 8:56 pm | 10:34 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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