Hail on Date

Hail in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The Storm Prediction Center logged 24 hail reports in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, between 2:49 pm and 9:39 pm MDT, in 1 of the metro's 2 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 3 S Peyton (El Paso County) at 5:00 pm. NOAA radar flagged 374 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 221 rated a 100% chance of hail and 174 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

24spotter hail reports in the metro
2.50 inlargest reported, 3 S Peyton
374radar hail signatures inside the metro, 221 rated 100%
3.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Colorado Springs counties with 374 radar hail signatures and 24 spotter hail reports on June 21, 2023 El Paso Teller 2.50 in, 3 S Peyton
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 7 places in El Paso County, named as the National Weather Service described them.

Every hail report logged that day

Times are Mountain 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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
2:49 pm1.002 S MonumentEl PasoReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)
3:00 pm1.502 ESE Air Force AcademyEl PasoPing pong hail I-25 and bRIARGATE. (PUB)
3:02 pm1.003 WSW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
3:03 pm1.004 W Black ForestEl PasoReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)
3:09 pm1.003 ESE Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
3:12 pm1.003 E Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
3:14 pm1.504 W Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
3:20 pm1.006 SW Black ForestEl PasoReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (PUB)
3:25 pm1.002 NNE MonumentEl Paso(PUB)
3:32 pm1.005 SSW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
3:33 pm1.005 SW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
3:39 pm2.003 WSW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
3:43 pm1.005 SW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
3:45 pm1.7510 N Colorado SpringsEl Paso(PUB)
3:47 pm1.505 SSW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
4:25 pm1.255 SSE Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
4:30 pm1.256 SSE Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
4:33 pm1.256 SSW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
4:50 pm1.003 ENE Air Force AcademyEl Paso(PUB)
4:51 pm1.252 N Peterson AFBEl Paso(PUB)
5:00 pm2.503 S PeytonEl Paso(PUB)
5:25 pm1.605 SW Black ForestEl Paso(PUB)
9:25 pm1.003 NE Peterson AFBEl Paso(PUB)
9:39 pm1.253 NNE FountainEl Paso(PUB)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

374 signatures from 5 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; 221 were rated 100% and 41 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KPUX15710391333.50 in2:28 pm11:56 pm
KFTG121785852.25 in3:05 pm11:55 pm
KDEN72301922.25 in2:34 pm9:50 pm
KGLD149612.00 in5:50 pm11:49 pm
KCYS101000.75 in2:59 pm9:17 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Mountain Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Colorado Springs when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 2 counties (El Paso and Teller counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.