Hail in Indianapolis on Thursday, March 14, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 7 hail reports in Indianapolis on Thursday, March 14, 2024, between 7:08 pm and 7:57 pm EDT, in 2 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 1 S Westfield (Hamilton County) at 7:33 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,101 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 330 rated a 100% chance of hail and 221 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Boone and Hamilton counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Westfield 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Advance 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lapel 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Lebanon 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Whitestown 1 report, up to 1.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:08 pm | 1.50 | 4 SSE Lebanon | Boone | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (IND) |
| 7:18 pm | 1.75 | Whitestown | Boone | (IND) |
| 7:30 pm | 1.25 | 1 S Westfield | Hamilton | Southwest to south side of Westfield reports of 1.00 to 1.25 inch hail. (IND) |
| 7:30 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Westfield | Hamilton | Dime to quarter hail lasted from 730 to 733 PM at Indiana Route 32 and Ditch Road. (IND) |
| 7:33 pm | 1.75 | 1 S Westfield | Hamilton | Time estimated from radar. (IND) |
| 7:44 pm | 1.50 | 4 SW Lapel | Hamilton | Time estimated from radar. (IND) |
| 7:57 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Advance | Boone | Relayed via social media... time estimated from radar. (IND) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,101 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; 330 were rated 100% and 18 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 | 366 | 75 | 69 | 3 | 2.00 in | 12:51 am | 9:38 pm |
| KIWX | 168 | 53 | 38 | 3 | 2.00 in | 1:37 am | 9:37 pm |
| KIND | 152 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 2.75 in | 12:51 am | 9:38 pm |
| KILN | 139 | 47 | 19 | 2 | 2.00 in | 1:20 am | 9:42 pm |
| KVWX | 127 | 45 | 19 | 2 | 2.00 in | 12:49 am | 9:39 pm |
| KLVX | 109 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 1.75 in | 12:51 am | 9:40 pm |
| KLOT | 38 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 2.25 in | 11:26 am | 8:07 pm |
| KILX | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 in | 11:27 am | 7:50 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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