Hail in Midland and Odessa on Thursday, May 27, 2021
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Midland and Odessa on Thursday, May 27, 2021, between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 S Odessa (Ector County) at 4:31 pm. NOAA radar flagged 121 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 75 rated a 100% chance of hail and 74 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 2 places in Ector and Midland counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Odessa 4 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Midland 2 reports, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:30 pm | 1.00 | 5 ENE Odessa | Ector | (MAF) |
| 4:31 pm | 2.50 | 1 S Odessa | Ector | POOL BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. (MAF) |
| 4:35 pm | 1.25 | 5 ENE Odessa | Ector | HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS COVERING THE GROUND. (MAF) |
| 4:45 pm | 2.00 | 2 ESE Odessa | Ector | SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO SHOWING 2 INCH HAIL AT SOUTH DIXIE IN ODESSA. (MAF) |
| 5:16 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Midland | Midland | MPING REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR 191 AND LOOP 250. (MAF) |
| 5:30 pm | 1.50 | 5 NE Midland | Midland | PING-PONG TO QUARTERS REPORTED ON 250 EAST LOOP (MAF) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
121 signatures from 3 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; 75 were rated 100% and 17 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 | 45 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 3.00 in | 4:02 pm | 5:47 pm |
| KSJT | 40 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 3.00 in | 4:01 pm | 5:44 pm |
| KMAF | 36 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 3.00 in | 4:08 pm | 5:54 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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