Texas hail map — May 16, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 6 Texas cities on May 16, 2024. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over West Odessa.
- Cities hit
- 6
- in Texas
- Largest stone
- 1.50″
- half dollar size
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Texas on May 16, 2024
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 2 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 3.00″ baseball size Trained Spotter10 NNW Texon, TX4:55 PM CDTReagan County
3 inch diameter hail measured, photo via Twitter/X.
- 2.75″ baseball size Storm Chaser6 N Barnhart, TX6:05 PM CDTIrion County
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public3 WNW Odessa, TX5:42 PM CDTEctor County
Time estimated by radar.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Storm ChaserMason, TX8:50 PM CDTMason County
Golf ball and larger hail across Mason.
- 1.75″ golf ball size CO-OP Observer9 SE Floydada, TX1:25 AM CDTFloyd County
Time estimated from radar.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public9 S Lockett, TX3:41 AM CDTWilbarger County
Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained SpotterSnyder, TX12:43 PM CDTScurry County
- 1.75″ golf ball size PublicOdessa, TX5:50 PM CDTEctor County
golf ball sized hail observed at University and Grandview in Odessa.
- 1.75″ golf ball size CO-OP ObserverMedina, TX11:45 PM CDTBandera County
2 minutes of hail with max size of golfballs.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public1 SW Lockett, TX3:38 AM CDTWilbarger County
Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public11 WSW Mertzon, TX6:14 PM CDTIrion County
- 1.50″ half dollar size Public2 N Menard, TX8:02 PM CDTMenard County
Showing the 12 largest of 37 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Other Texas hail days
Texas hail on May 16, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 6 Texas cities that day. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over West Odessa. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.