Hail in San Antonio on Sunday, April 21, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 13 hail reports in San Antonio on Sunday, April 21, 2024, between 12:18 am and 12:59 am CDT, in 2 of the metro's 8 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 3 ESE Bulverde (Bexar County) at 12:32 am. NOAA radar flagged 413 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 53 rated a 100% chance of hail and 77 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Bexar and Comal counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Timberwood Park 6 reports, up to 2.00 in
- New Braunfels 4 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Bulverde 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Hollywood Park 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- The Dominion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:18 am | 1.00 | 2 SE The Dominion | Bexar | Time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 12:22 am | 1.00 | 3 WSW Timberwood Park | Bexar | Intersection of Winspirit and Bobbins Ridge; time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 12:23 am | 2.00 | 3 NW Timberwood Park | Bexar | Up to 2 inch hail estimated at intersection of Blanco Rd and Specht Rd; time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 12:25 am | 1.00 | 3 N Hollywood Park | Bexar | Intersection of Hardy Oak Blvd and Stone Oak Pkwy; time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 12:25 am | 1.00 | 3 SE Timberwood Park | Bexar | (EWX) |
| 12:28 am | 1.50 | 2 ESE Timberwood Park | Bexar | Intersection of Sparrow Ridge and Trinity Ct; time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
| 12:29 am | 1.25 | 2 SE Timberwood Park | Bexar | (EWX) |
| 12:29 am | 1.00 | 5 WNW New Braunfels | Comal | (EWX) |
| 12:30 am | 1.75 | 1 SW Timberwood Park | Bexar | (EWX) |
| 12:31 am | 1.50 | 3 WNW New Braunfels | Comal | (EWX) |
| 12:32 am | 2.00 | 3 ESE Bulverde | Bexar | (EWX) |
| 12:52 am | 1.00 | 5 WNW New Braunfels | Comal | (EWX) |
| 12:59 am | 1.00 | 5 NE New Braunfels | Comal | Social media report of 1 inch hail at intersection of Goodwin Ln and Conrads Rd; time estimated via radar. (EWX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
413 signatures from 4 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; 53 were rated 100% and 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDFX | 121 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2.75 in | 12:00 am | 1:56 am |
| KEWX | 111 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 3.25 in | 12:04 am | 1:59 am |
| KGRK | 100 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 2.00 in | 12:03 am | 1:57 am |
| KCRP | 81 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 in | 12:05 am | 1:55 am |
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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