Hail in Wichita Falls on Sunday, April 26, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 12 hail reports in Wichita Falls on Sunday, April 26, 2026, between 5:08 pm and 7:52 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 3 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 2 NNW Iowa Park (Wichita County) at 5:19 pm. NOAA radar flagged 221 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 210 rated a 100% chance of hail and 200 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 6 places in Clay and Wichita counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Iowa Park 4 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Burkburnett 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Dean 2 reports, up to 2.25 in
- Sheppard Afb 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Byers 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Pleasant Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:08 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNW Iowa Park | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 5:11 pm | 1.50 | 1 WNW Iowa Park | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 5:11 pm | 1.75 | 2 NNW Iowa Park | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 5:19 pm | 3.00 | 2 NNW Iowa Park | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.00 | 3 N Pleasant Valley | Wichita | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN) |
| 5:46 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Sheppard Afb | Wichita | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN) |
| 5:46 pm | 1.75 | 1 W Sheppard Afb | Wichita | (OUN) |
| 6:00 pm | 1.75 | 1 S Burkburnett | Wichita | Photo of large hail on the south side of Burkburnett. (OUN) |
| 6:08 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Burkburnett | Wichita | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN) |
| 7:11 pm | 2.25 | 5 N Dean | Clay | Report from mPING: Hen Egg+ (2.25 in.). (OUN) |
| 7:15 pm | 1.75 | 4 N Dean | Clay | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OUN) |
| 7:52 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Byers | Clay | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OUN) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
221 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; 210 were rated 100% and 81 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 | 71 | 69 | 65 | 27 | 3.75 in | 4:43 pm | 8:16 pm |
| KDYX | 63 | 60 | 58 | 23 | 3.50 in | 4:40 pm | 8:17 pm |
| KTLX | 46 | 44 | 43 | 18 | 3.75 in | 4:43 pm | 8:16 pm |
| KFDR | 41 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 3.50 in | 4:34 pm | 8:11 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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