Hail on Date

Hail in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The Storm Prediction Center logged 10 hail reports in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, between 5:24 pm and 5:40 pm CDT, in 1 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 5 NW Midland (Midland County) at 5:26 pm. NOAA radar flagged 143 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 50 rated a 100% chance of hail and 29 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

10spotter hail reports in the metro
3.00 inlargest reported, 5 NW Midland
143radar hail signatures inside the metro, 50 rated 100%
2.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Midland and Odessa counties with 143 radar hail signatures and 10 spotter hail reports on May 24, 2022 Midland Ector Martin 3.00 in, 5 NW Midland
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 2 places in Midland County, named as the National Weather Service described them.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
5:24 pm2.506 WNW MidlandMidlandREPORT FROM MPING: TENNIS BALL (2.50 IN.). (MAF)
5:24 pm1.006 N Midland InternationMidlandREPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (MAF)
5:25 pm1.504 NNE MidlandMidland(MAF)
5:26 pm3.005 NW MidlandMidlandINTERSECTION OF CR 60 AND HOLIDAY HILL ROAD. (MAF)
5:30 pm1.753 NNW MidlandMidland(MAF)
5:31 pm1.752 NNE MidlandMidland(MAF)
5:31 pm2.006 N Midland InternationMidlandREPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). (MAF)
5:32 pm1.755 N MidlandMidlandREPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (MAF)
5:36 pm2.502 NE MidlandMidlandMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR EAST LOOP 250. (MAF)
5:40 pm1.755 NE MidlandMidlandREPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (MAF)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

143 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; 50 were rated 100% and 21 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KMAF5791272.25 in1:22 am7:52 pm
KLBB4519862.50 in1:06 am7:52 pm
KSJT4122982.25 in5:13 pm7:21 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Midland and Odessa when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 3 counties (Midland, Ector and Martin counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.