Hail in Wichita Falls on Saturday, April 5, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 13 hail reports in Wichita Falls on Saturday, April 5, 2025, between 1:38 am and 2:01 am CDT, in 3 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 3 NW Lakeside City (Wichita County) at 1:45 am. NOAA radar flagged 203 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 80 rated a 100% chance of hail and 67 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Archer, Clay and Wichita counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Lakeside City 9 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Wichita Falls 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Dean 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Lake Arrowhead 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:38 am | 1.00 | 4 SSW Lakeside City | Archer | (OUN) |
| 1:42 am | 1.25 | 2 NW Lakeside City | Wichita | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OUN) |
| 1:42 am | 1.00 | 3 NW Lakeside City | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 1:43 am | 1.00 | 3 S Lakeside City | Archer | (OUN) |
| 1:43 am | 1.25 | 3 NW Lakeside City | Wichita | Spotter Network report. (OUN) |
| 1:44 am | 1.50 | 2 NW Lakeside City | Wichita | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OUN) |
| 1:45 am | 1.75 | 3 NW Lakeside City | Wichita | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OUN) |
| 1:46 am | 1.00 | 2 N Lakeside City | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 1:47 am | 1.00 | 4 NE Lakeside City | Wichita | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN) |
| 1:48 am | 1.00 | 3 W Wichita Falls | Wichita | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN) |
| 1:48 am | 1.50 | 1 SW Wichita Falls | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 1:50 am | 1.50 | 4 NNE Lake Arrowhead | Clay | Location and time are estimated. (OUN) |
| 2:01 am | 1.50 | 2 E Dean | Clay | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OUN) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
203 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; 80 were rated 100% and 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFWS | 79 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 3.75 in | 1:07 am | 3:33 am |
| KFDR | 53 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3.75 in | 1:08 am | 3:31 am |
| KTLX | 37 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 3.75 in | 1:20 am | 3:31 am |
| KDYX | 34 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3.25 in | 1:05 am | 3:26 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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