Hail in Midland and Odessa on Thursday, May 30, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 9 hail reports in Midland and Odessa on Thursday, May 30, 2024, between 4:45 pm and 6:15 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 4.00 inches at 2 SSW Cotton Flat (Midland County) at 5:41 pm. NOAA radar flagged 117 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 87 rated a 100% chance of hail and 86 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Ector and Midland counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Midland 3 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Gardendale 2 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Cotton Flat 1 report, up to 4.00 in
- Midkiff 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Midland International 1 report, up to 2.75 in
- Warfield 1 report, up to 3.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:45 pm | 1.00 | 6 E Gardendale | Midland | (MAF) |
| 4:54 pm | 2.75 | 1 E Gardendale | Ector | Hail ranged from golf ball to baseball sized. (MAF) |
| 5:10 pm | 2.00 | Midland | Midland | 2 inch diameter hail at Midland Park Mall on north Loop 250. (MAF) |
| 5:15 pm | 2.75 | Midland International | Midland | Large hail began at approximately 515 PM CDT at NWS Midland and lasted between 45 minutes and an hour. Hail reached upwards of tennis ball to baseball size. This hail b (MAF) |
| 5:16 pm | 2.75 | 5 WNW Midland | Midland | Hail caused damage to vehicle... breaking window. Estimated a few baseball size hailstones. Time estimated from radar. (MAF) |
| 5:17 pm | 3.00 | 4 NW Warfield | Midland | Report from mPING: Tea Cup (3.00 in.). (MAF) |
| 5:21 pm | 1.75 | 4 W Midland | Midland | NWS employee reports golf ball size hail and possible roof damage. Time estimated from radar. (MAF) |
| 5:41 pm | 4.00 | 2 SSW Cotton Flat | Midland | Multiple reports and photos showing baseball to softball size hail south of Midland. Time is estiamted from radar. (MAF) |
| 6:15 pm | 1.75 | 13 NW Midkiff | Midland | (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; 87 were rated 100% and 37 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 | 47 | 38 | 37 | 17 | 4.00 in | 4:05 pm | 7:09 pm |
| KSJT | 43 | 35 | 33 | 17 | 4.00 in | 4:09 pm | 7:10 pm |
| KMAF | 27 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3.25 in | 4:02 pm | 7:08 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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