Hail in Midland and Odessa on Thursday, May 16, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Midland and Odessa on Thursday, May 16, 2024, between 5:39 pm and 6:15 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 3 WNW Odessa (Ector County) at 5:42 pm. NOAA radar flagged 117 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 59 rated a 100% chance of hail and 44 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Ector and Midland counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Odessa 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Cotton Flat 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Midland 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mission Dorado 1 report, up to 1.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:39 pm | 1.00 | West Odessa | Ector | multiple observations of quarter sized hail in West Odessa. (MAF) |
| 5:42 pm | 2.50 | 3 WNW Odessa | Ector | Time estimated by radar. (MAF) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.75 | Odessa | Ector | golf ball sized hail observed at University and Grandview in Odessa. (MAF) |
| 5:57 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW Mission Dorado | Ector | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MAF) |
| 6:12 pm | 1.00 | 5 W Midland | Midland | Hail ranged from half inch to quarter size at SH191 and Avalon. (MAF) |
| 6:15 pm | 1.25 | 4 WNW Cotton Flat | Midland | Photo showing approximately half dollar size hail. (MAF) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
117 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; 59 were rated 100% and 23 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 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 2.50 in | 11:53 am | 6:46 pm |
| KLBB | 40 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3.00 in | 11:53 am | 6:49 pm |
| KMAF | 35 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2.75 in | 11:53 am | 6:39 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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