Hail in Lubbock on Monday, May 17, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 14 hail reports in Lubbock on Monday, May 17, 2021, between 6:19 pm and 8:38 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 5 SW Smyer (Hockley County) at 7:29 pm. NOAA radar flagged 457 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 222 rated a 100% chance of hail and 179 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Hockley and Lubbock counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Lubbock 5 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Levelland 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Wolfforth 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Lockettville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lubbock South Pla 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lubbock South Plai 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Smyer 1 report, up to 2.50 in
- Sundown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:19 pm | 1.00 | Sundown | Hockley | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LUB) |
| 6:58 pm | 1.25 | 6 SW Levelland | Hockley | (LUB) |
| 7:03 pm | 1.75 | 6 SSE Levelland | Hockley | PHOTO VIA TWITTER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (LUB) |
| 7:29 pm | 2.50 | 5 SW Smyer | Hockley | (LUB) |
| 7:35 pm | 1.25 | 4 SSW Lubbock | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 7:48 pm | 1.00 | Lubbock | Lubbock | QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT 108TH ST AND INDIANA AVE (LUB) |
| 8:19 pm | 1.00 | 1 ENE Wolfforth | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 8:23 pm | 1.00 | 4 SSW Lubbock | Lubbock | NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURES QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT NWS LUBBOCK OFFICE. (LUB) |
| 8:25 pm | 1.75 | Wolfforth | Lubbock | PHOTO RECEIVED VIA TWITTER. (LUB) |
| 8:31 pm | 1.00 | 4 SSW Lubbock | Lubbock | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT KLBK STUDIOS. (LUB) |
| 8:31 pm | 1.00 | 3 ESE Lubbock South Pla | Lubbock | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT KLBK STUDIOS. (LUB) |
| 8:32 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Lubbock South Plai | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 8:32 pm | 1.00 | Lubbock | Lubbock | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT 63RD AND ELKHART. (LUB) |
| 8:38 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Lockettville | Hockley | (LUB) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
457 signatures from 7 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; 222 were rated 100% and 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLBB | 159 | 71 | 68 | 27 | 4.00 in | 12:00 am | 9:16 pm |
| KAMA | 108 | 52 | 35 | 7 | 3.25 in | 12:03 am | 9:06 pm |
| KFDX | 66 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 1.75 in | 4:10 am | 9:02 pm |
| KMAF | 40 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2.00 in | 8:12 pm | 9:09 pm |
| KDYX | 36 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 3.25 in | 12:00 am | 9:08 pm |
| KFDR | 27 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2.50 in | 12:04 am | 9:06 pm |
| KSJT | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1.50 in | 6:54 pm | 9:01 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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