Hail in Lubbock on Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 8 hail reports in Lubbock on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, between 6:16 pm and 6:58 pm CDT, in 1 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 4 WSW Lubbock Int. Airp (Lubbock County) at 6:56 pm. NOAA radar flagged 247 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 190 rated a 100% chance of hail and 146 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Lubbock County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Woodrow 3 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Reese Center 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Lubbock 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lubbock Int. Airp 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Wolfforth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:16 pm | 1.25 | 2 SSW Woodrow | Lubbock | Corrects time and location of previous hail report from Woodrow. Fire Dept reported mostly quarter size stones with a few slightly larger. (LUB) |
| 6:17 pm | 1.00 | Woodrow | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 6:43 pm | 1.50 | 2 NW Woodrow | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (LUB) |
| 6:44 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Wolfforth | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 6:46 pm | 1.00 | 4 SE Reese Center | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 6:49 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Reese Center | Lubbock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LUB) |
| 6:56 pm | 1.75 | 4 WSW Lubbock Int. Airp | Lubbock | (LUB) |
| 6:58 pm | 1.00 | 5 NW Lubbock | Lubbock | Minor hail dents on automobile exterior. (LUB) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
247 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; 190 were rated 100% and 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMAF | 124 | 93 | 68 | 10 | 2.50 in | 4:36 pm | 7:49 pm |
| KAMA | 97 | 73 | 57 | 11 | 3.00 in | 4:36 pm | 8:03 pm |
| KDYX | 15 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1.75 in | 7:02 pm | 8:07 pm |
| KFDR | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1.50 in | 7:17 pm | 8:04 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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