Hail in San Antonio on Thursday, March 2, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 19 hail reports in San Antonio on Thursday, March 2, 2023, between 12:00 am and 8:23 pm CST, in 4 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 6 ESE Smithson Valley (Comal County) at 3:35 am. NOAA radar flagged 544 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 141 rated a 100% chance of hail and 163 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 14 places in Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar and Comal counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- New Braunfels 3 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Smithson Valley 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Timberwood Park 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Bulverde 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Campbellton 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Converse 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Fair Oaks Ranch 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Garden Ridge 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lackland Afb 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lake Medina Shore 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Leon Springs 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Leon Valley 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- San Antonio 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Terrell Hills 1 report, up to 1.00 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Standard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 1.00 | Campbellton | Atascosa | (EWX) |
| 2:09 am | 1.00 | 3 WNW Leon Valley | Bexar | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (EWX) |
| 2:46 am | 1.00 | 1 ESE Lake Medina Shore | Bandera | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (EWX) |
| 3:05 am | 1.00 | 1 S Fair Oaks Ranch | Bexar | HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. (EWX) |
| 3:12 am | 1.00 | Leon Springs | Bexar | VERY WIDESPREAD. (EWX) |
| 3:20 am | 1.00 | 2 SE Timberwood Park | Bexar | HAIL DURATION OF 2 TO 3 MINUTES. (EWX) |
| 3:20 am | 1.00 | 6 NNW Garden Ridge | Comal | (EWX) |
| 3:22 am | 1.00 | 1 SW Timberwood Park | Bexar | (EWX) |
| 3:24 am | 1.00 | 2 NNE Bulverde | Comal | (EWX) |
| 3:27 am | 1.75 | 5 SSW Smithson Valley | Comal | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (EWX) |
| 3:29 am | 1.75 | 4 SSW Smithson Valley | Comal | MPING. (EWX) |
| 3:35 am | 1.75 | 6 ESE Smithson Valley | Comal | HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. (EWX) |
| 3:39 am | 1.50 | 7 WNW New Braunfels | Comal | (EWX) |
| 3:49 am | 1.00 | 8 NNE New Braunfels | Comal | (EWX) |
| 3:50 am | 1.00 | 7 NNE New Braunfels | Comal | (EWX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.00 | 1 ENE Lackland Afb | Bexar | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE. (EWX) |
| 8:12 pm | 1.50 | 4 SE San Antonio | Bexar | IMAGE FORWARDED OF ESTIMATED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN ANTONIO FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. (EWX) |
| 8:15 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSE Terrell Hills | Bexar | REPORT FROM MPING QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (EWX) |
| 8:23 pm | 1.00 | Converse | Bexar | 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED. (EWX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
544 signatures from 5 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; 141 were rated 100% and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGRK | 156 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 2.50 in | 12:00 am | 9:24 pm |
| KEWX | 133 | 29 | 48 | 3 | 2.75 in | 12:00 am | 9:50 pm |
| KDFX | 111 | 28 | 33 | 2 | 2.00 in | 5:58 pm | 9:18 pm |
| KCRP | 107 | 32 | 41 | 4 | 2.50 in | 12:02 am | 9:57 pm |
| KSJT | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in | 1:24 am | 6:54 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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