Hail in Birmingham on Thursday, January 12, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Birmingham on Thursday, January 12, 2023, between 11:15 am and 12:05 pm CST, in 1 of the metro's 5 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 4 NE Ballantrae (Shelby County) at 11:25 am. NOAA radar flagged 530 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 62 rated a 100% chance of hail and 58 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Shelby County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Alabaster 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Ballantrae 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Chelsea 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Maylene 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Montevallo 1 report, up to 1.00 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Standard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:15 am | 1.00 | 3 N Maylene | Shelby | QUARTER-SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT FOX VALLEY. (BMX) |
| 11:21 am | 1.00 | 2 E Alabaster | Shelby | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF QUARTER-SIZE HAIL IN ALABASTER. (BMX) |
| 11:25 am | 1.75 | 4 NE Ballantrae | Shelby | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF GOLF BALL-SIZED HAIL IN THE CHELSEA AREA. (BMX) |
| 11:27 am | 1.00 | 4 SW Chelsea | Shelby | PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL. (BMX) |
| 12:05 pm | 1.00 | 3 SE Montevallo | Shelby | CALERA PD REPORTED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT THE SHELBY/CHILTON COUNTY LINE. (BMX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
530 signatures from 6 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; 62 were rated 100% and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGWX | 143 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2.00 in | 8:35 am | 12:41 pm |
| KMXX | 113 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1.25 in | 8:38 am | 12:31 pm |
| KHTX | 100 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1.25 in | 8:39 am | 12:22 pm |
| KBMX | 96 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1.50 in | 8:39 am | 12:18 pm |
| KFFC | 71 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1.25 in | 9:38 am | 12:17 pm |
| KEOX | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in | 11:42 am | 12:21 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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