Hail in Lubbock on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 18 hail reports in Lubbock on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, between 5:04 pm and 6:00 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at Reese Center (Lubbock County) at 5:47 pm. NOAA radar flagged 501 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 223 rated a 100% chance of hail and 225 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.
- Reese Center 11 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Lubbock 4 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Levelland 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lubbock Int. Airpor 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Smyer 1 report, up to 2.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:04 pm | 1.00 | 1 N Levelland | Hockley | (LUB) |
| 5:27 pm | 2.00 | 3 W Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:33 pm | 2.00 | 3 E Smyer | Hockley | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 5:34 pm | 2.50 | 1 S Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:38 pm | 1.00 | 5 E Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:39 pm | 1.75 | 3 E Lubbock Int. Airpor | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:40 pm | 2.50 | 2 E Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:40 pm | 2.00 | Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:41 pm | 2.50 | 4 E Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:44 pm | 1.00 | 5 ESE Reese Center | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 5:44 pm | 3.00 | 4 E Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:45 pm | 1.00 | 4 SE Reese Center | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 5:45 pm | 1.50 | 6 W Lubbock | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:47 pm | 3.00 | Reese Center | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:49 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Lubbock | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 5:53 pm | 1.00 | Lubbock | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 5:56 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Lubbock | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 6:00 pm | 2.00 | 5 E Reese Center | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (LUB) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
501 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; 223 were rated 100% and 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAMA | 150 | 70 | 67 | 24 | 3.00 in | 11:49 am | 6:37 pm |
| KMAF | 133 | 62 | 61 | 10 | 2.50 in | 1:11 pm | 8:54 pm |
| KLBB | 127 | 45 | 55 | 20 | 3.50 in | 11:46 am | 8:54 pm |
| KDYX | 47 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 2.00 in | 1:46 pm | 9:06 pm |
| KFDR | 24 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2.00 in | 1:37 pm | 6:41 pm |
| KSJT | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 in | 4:22 pm | 9:03 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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