Hail in Des Moines on Saturday, June 25, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Des Moines on Saturday, June 25, 2022, between 7:06 am and 7:34 am CDT, in 2 of the metro's 6 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 1 SW Martensdale (Warren County) at 7:18 am. NOAA radar flagged 81 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 29 rated a 100% chance of hail and 28 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Madison and Warren counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Indianola 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Winterset 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Martensdale 1 report, up to 1.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:06 am | 1.75 | 2 NNE Winterset | Madison | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. (DMX) |
| 7:07 am | 1.50 | 2 NE Winterset | Madison | REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 7:18 am | 1.75 | 1 SW Martensdale | Warren | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 7:29 am | 1.50 | 4 WSW Indianola | Warren | REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF HWY 92 ROUGHLY 4 MILES WEST OF INDIANOLA. HALF DOLLAR TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) |
| 7:34 am | 1.00 | 1 ENE Indianola | Warren | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF INDIANOLA. REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
81 signatures from 3 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; 29 were rated 100% and 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDMX | 37 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4.00 in | 12:03 am | 7:48 pm |
| KOAX | 31 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4.00 in | 3:52 am | 7:10 pm |
| KDVN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 12:03 am | 7:58 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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