Hail in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday, October 3, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Midland and Odessa on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, between 12:40 am and 5:35 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 4 NNE Midland (Midland County) at 5:33 pm. NOAA radar flagged 122 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 52 rated a 100% chance of hail and 62 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.
- Midland 4 reports, up to 2.00 in
- West Odessa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:40 am | 1.00 | West Odessa | Ector | Located at University Blvd and Moss Ave. (MAF) |
| 5:29 pm | 1.75 | 1 W Midland | Midland | Multiple public reports of golf ball sized hail in central Midland between Garfield and A street. (MAF) |
| 5:30 pm | 1.75 | Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (MAF) |
| 5:33 pm | 2.00 | 4 NNE Midland | Midland | Public photo of 2 inch hail estimated by quarter comparison. (MAF) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.75 | 6 N Midland | Midland | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.)... Time estimated from radar. (MAF) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
122 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; 52 were rated 100% and 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSJT | 44 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 4.00 in | 12:02 am | 6:09 pm |
| KLBB | 40 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 4.00 in | 12:03 am | 6:08 pm |
| KMAF | 38 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 4.00 in | 12:00 am | 6:11 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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