Hail in Des Moines on Sunday, May 7, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 25 hail reports in Des Moines on Sunday, May 7, 2023, between 2:56 pm and 4:34 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 6 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at Newton (Jasper County) at 4:20 pm.
NOAA's radar hail archive holds no records at all for May 7, 2023 (UTC), anywhere in the country, so radar figures for this date are incomplete. That is a gap in NOAA's processing, not a sign that radar saw no hail.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 11 places in Jasper and Story counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Newton 5 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Ames 4 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Collins 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Gilbert 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Baxter 2 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Kellogg 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Story City 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Colfax 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Lambs Grove 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- McCallsburg 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Sully 1 report, up to 2.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:56 pm | 1.00 | Story City | Story | STORY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FALLING. (DMX) |
| 3:04 pm | 1.00 | Gilbert | Story | (DMX) |
| 3:07 pm | 1.25 | 3 NW Ames | Story | (DMX) |
| 3:07 pm | 1.50 | Story City | Story | (DMX) |
| 3:08 pm | 1.75 | 3 S Gilbert | Story | IMAGE SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 3:08 pm | 1.50 | Gilbert | Story | (DMX) |
| 3:10 pm | 2.00 | 2 NNW Ames | Story | 1.0 TO 2.0 INCH HAIL. (DMX) |
| 3:10 pm | 2.50 | 3 NNW Ames | Story | IMAGE SUBMITTED VIA TWITTER. (DMX) |
| 3:10 pm | 2.50 | 3 NNW Ames | Story | (DMX) |
| 3:30 pm | 1.00 | 3 S McCallsburg | Story | SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 3:42 pm | 1.75 | Collins | Story | (DMX) |
| 3:47 pm | 1.75 | 4 SSE Collins | Jasper | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) |
| 3:55 pm | 1.25 | 4 SE Collins | Jasper | (DMX) |
| 3:56 pm | 1.50 | 3 N Colfax | Jasper | IMAGE SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATING PING PONG SIZED HAIL OUTSIDE OF COLFAX. LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. (DMX) |
| 4:00 pm | 1.75 | Baxter | Jasper | GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. (DMX) |
| 4:00 pm | 2.75 | Baxter | Jasper | DELAYED REPORT. IMAGE SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 4:16 pm | 1.50 | Newton | Jasper | (DMX) |
| 4:17 pm | 2.00 | Newton | Jasper | IMAGE SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA... TIMING BASED ON RADAR. (DMX) |
| 4:17 pm | 2.00 | Lambs Grove | Jasper | IMAGE SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 4:20 pm | 2.75 | Newton | Jasper | GOLF BALL-BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. (DMX) |
| 4:20 pm | 2.75 | 1 E Newton | Jasper | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 4:21 pm | 1.75 | 2 ESE Newton | Jasper | VIA MPING. (DMX) |
| 4:30 pm | 2.00 | 2 S Kellogg | Jasper | REPORTS SUBMITTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF 1.75 TO 2 INCH HAIL SOUTH OF KELLOGG... TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) |
| 4:33 pm | 2.50 | 3 N Sully | Jasper | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (DMX) |
| 4:34 pm | 2.50 | 3 SE Kellogg | Jasper | IMAGE SUBMITTED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WITH WIDE RANGE OF HAIL STONES ALONG I-80. TIMING ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
NOAA's radar hail archive holds no records at all for May 7, 2023 (UTC), anywhere in the country, so radar figures for this date are incomplete. That is a gap in NOAA's processing, not a sign that radar saw no hail.
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