Hail in Lubbock on Tuesday, May 23, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Lubbock on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, between 6:20 pm and 6:55 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at 5 SE Anton (Hockley County) at 6:20 pm. NOAA radar flagged 405 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 252 rated a 100% chance of hail and 164 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Hockley and Lubbock counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Shallowater 2 reports, up to 2.25 in
- Anton 1 report, up to 2.75 in
- Ropesville 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Ssw Roundup 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Whitharral 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:20 pm | 2.25 | 5 NW Shallowater | Lubbock | POSSIBLY LARGER HAIL NEAR THIS LOCATION. (LUB) |
| 6:20 pm | 2.75 | 5 SE Anton | Hockley | REPORTS OF MULTIPLE VEHICLES DAMAGED... POSSIBLY LARGER HAIL THAN 2.75 INCH. (LUB) |
| 6:21 pm | 1.50 | 2 NW Ropesville | Hockley | (LUB) |
| 6:23 pm | 1.00 | 4 N Shallowater | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 6:31 pm | 1.00 | 5 SSW Whitharral | Hockley | (LUB) |
| 6:55 pm | 1.75 | SSW Roundup | Hockley | (LUB) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
405 signatures from 6 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; 252 were rated 100% and 57 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 | 132 | 84 | 67 | 30 | 4.00 in | 4:43 pm | 8:43 pm |
| KMAF | 126 | 76 | 50 | 13 | 3.50 in | 4:47 pm | 8:43 pm |
| KAMA | 100 | 58 | 40 | 14 | 4.00 in | 4:43 pm | 9:48 pm |
| KDYX | 21 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 in | 6:41 pm | 8:32 pm |
| KFDR | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in | 7:40 pm | 8:31 pm |
| KSJT | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in | 6:22 pm | 6:52 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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