Texas hail map — May 16, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 7 Texas cities on May 16, 2024. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Odessa.

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- Cities hit
- 7
- in Texas
- Largest stone
- 1.50″
- half dollar size
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, 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 observers 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 states hit on May 16, 2024
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Texas hail on May 16, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 7 Texas cities that day. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Odessa. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.