Hail in Indianapolis on Monday, July 17, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 14 hail reports in Indianapolis on Monday, July 17, 2023, between 5:43 pm and 8:10 pm EDT, in 4 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 1 NW Clermont (Hendricks County) at 6:19 pm. NOAA radar flagged 946 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 414 rated a 100% chance of hail and 314 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion and Morgan counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Danville 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Speedway 3 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Westfield 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Arcadia 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Clermont 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Indianapolis 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Paragon 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Pittsboro 1 report, up to 1.00 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:43 pm | 1.25 | Arcadia | Hamilton | Hail ongoing in Arcadia with hailstones ranging from dime sized to just larger than quarters. (IND) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Westfield | Hamilton | At State Road 32 and Ditch Road. Started with pea size and grew to quarter coin size. Heavy rain and estimated winds 55 to 60 mph. (IND) |
| 5:58 pm | 1.75 | 1 SW Westfield | Hamilton | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (IND) |
| 5:58 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Westfield | Hamilton | (IND) |
| 6:05 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Pittsboro | Hendricks | Time estimated from radar. (IND) |
| 6:10 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Danville | Hendricks | Corrects previous hail report from 1 NE Danville. CoCoRAHS observer IN-HS-43 reports 1 inch hail and shredded leaves. Time of event corrected. (IND) |
| 6:15 pm | 1.25 | 1 N Danville | Hendricks | (IND) |
| 6:17 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Speedway | Marion | (IND) |
| 6:19 pm | 2.00 | 1 NW Clermont | Hendricks | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (IND) |
| 6:23 pm | 1.00 | Speedway | Marion | Approximate location. (IND) |
| 6:24 pm | 1.00 | Speedway | Marion | Approximate location. (IND) |
| 6:38 pm | 1.00 | Indianapolis | Marion | Near Old National Centre 502 N New Jersey St... Indianapolis IN. (IND) |
| 8:05 pm | 1.75 | 4 WNW Paragon | Morgan | Golf ball hail at West Base Line and Waggoner Roads. Time estimated by radar. (IND) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.00 | 1 NE Danville | Hendricks | CoCoRAHS observer IN-HS-43 reports 1 inch hail and shredded leaves. (IND) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
946 signatures from 8 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; 414 were rated 100% and 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIDS | 279 | 45 | 43 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:00 pm | 10:14 pm |
| KIWX | 158 | 87 | 61 | 1 | 2.00 in | 5:10 pm | 8:42 pm |
| KVWX | 136 | 83 | 71 | 7 | 2.75 in | 5:32 pm | 8:54 pm |
| KLVX | 126 | 75 | 43 | 1 | 2.00 in | 5:39 pm | 8:50 pm |
| KILN | 115 | 72 | 49 | 0 | 1.75 in | 5:23 pm | 8:33 pm |
| KIND | 111 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 3.00 in | 3:41 pm | 8:43 pm |
| KLOT | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2.75 in | 5:10 pm | 5:55 pm |
| KILX | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 in | 5:31 pm | 5:46 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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