Hail in Des Moines on Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 9 hail reports in Des Moines on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, between 5:40 am and 11:11 pm CDT, in 5 of the metro's 6 counties. The largest was 1.50 inches at Huxley (Story County) at 10:17 pm.
NOAA's radar hail archive holds no records at all for April 19, 2023 and April 20, 2023 (UTC), anywhere in the country, so radar figures for this date are missing. That is a gap in NOAA's processing, not a sign that radar saw no hail.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Dallas, Jasper, Polk, Story and Warren counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Huxley 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Ames 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Collins 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Granger 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Indianola 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Nevada 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Saylorville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Valeria 1 report, up to 1.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:40 am | 1.00 | Valeria | Jasper | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 9:43 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Granger | Dallas | DISPATCH RELAYED DEPUTY REPORT OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT 190TH AND V AVE. (DMX) |
| 10:16 pm | 1.50 | Huxley | Story | (DMX) |
| 10:17 pm | 1.50 | Huxley | Story | EM RELAYED REPORT OF SILVER DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. (DMX) |
| 10:31 pm | 1.25 | 3 E Ames | Story | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.) TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) |
| 10:37 pm | 1.25 | 1 E Nevada | Story | EM RELAYED REPORT OF QUARTER TO SILVER DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. (DMX) |
| 10:44 pm | 1.00 | 2 NW Collins | Story | (DMX) |
| 10:48 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNW Indianola | Warren | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (DMX) |
| 11:11 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Saylorville | Polk | (DMX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
NOAA's radar hail archive holds no records at all for April 19, 2023 and April 20, 2023 (UTC), anywhere in the country, so radar figures for this date are missing. That is a gap in NOAA's processing, not a sign that radar saw no hail.
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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Des Moines when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 6 counties (Polk, Dallas, Warren, Madison, Jasper and Story 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.