Hail in Midland and Odessa on Friday, June 2, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 15 hail reports in Midland and Odessa on Friday, June 2, 2023, between 5:50 pm and 7:11 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 1 E Midland (Midland County) at 6:37 pm. NOAA radar flagged 149 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 90 rated a 100% chance of hail and 80 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Ector and Midland counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Midland 10 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Gardendale 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Greenwood 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Spraberry 1 report, up to 1.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:50 pm | 1.25 | 5 NW Gardendale | Ector | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:02 pm | 1.25 | Gardendale | Ector | (MAF) |
| 6:21 pm | 1.25 | 8 NW Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:25 pm | 1.50 | 5 WNW Midland | Midland | Ping pong ball size hail reported near north Wal-Mart in Midland. Time estimated by radar. (MAF) |
| 6:27 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Midland | Midland | Lots of nickel to quarter size hail. (MAF) |
| 6:29 pm | 1.00 | 3 WNW Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:30 pm | 1.00 | 2 WNW Midland | Midland | Measured quarter size hail in central Midland. (MAF) |
| 6:33 pm | 1.25 | 3 WNW Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:35 pm | 1.00 | 4 N Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:37 pm | 1.75 | 1 E Midland | Midland | Multiple hail reports of ping pong to golf ball size hail. (MAF) |
| 6:38 pm | 1.25 | 2 WNW Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:45 pm | 1.25 | 6 NE Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:48 pm | 1.00 | Greenwood | Midland | Quarter size hail reported in Greenwood. (MAF) |
| 6:48 pm | 1.25 | 4 WNW Greenwood | Midland | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (MAF) |
| 7:11 pm | 1.25 | 6 NNE Spraberry | Midland | Wind driven hail... winds estimated at 60 mph. (MAF) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
149 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; 90 were rated 100% and 19 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 | 57 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3.00 in | 4:41 pm | 7:00 pm |
| KSJT | 49 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 2.50 in | 4:39 pm | 7:02 pm |
| KLBB | 43 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2.75 in | 4:44 pm | 7:07 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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