Hail in Little Rock on Friday, June 16, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 7 hail reports in Little Rock on Friday, June 16, 2023, between 3:01 pm and 3:12 pm CDT, in 1 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 2 E Traskwood (Saline County) at 3:11 pm. NOAA radar flagged 130 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 34 rated a 100% chance of hail and 30 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Saline County, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Haskell 4 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Traskwood 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Grape 1 report, up to 1.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:01 pm | 1.25 | 5 SSW Grape | Saline | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (LZK) |
| 3:02 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Haskell | Saline | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LZK) |
| 3:11 pm | 1.75 | 2 E Traskwood | Saline | Corrects previous hail report from 2 E Traskwood. Fire Department reports golf ball size hail covering the ground and continuing to fall. (LZK) |
| 3:11 pm | 1.00 | Traskwood | Saline | Golf ball sized hail reported at Holy Ridge Road and House in Traskwood. Report received via ham radio. (LZK) |
| 3:11 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Haskell | Saline | Golf ball size hail covering the ground at the intersection of Highways 229 and 67. (LZK) |
| 3:11 pm | 1.75 | 2 NNW Haskell | Saline | **Delayed Report** Corrects location from previous hail report from 2 NE Haskell. Golf ball size hail covering the ground at the intersection of Highways 229 and 67. (LZK) |
| 3:12 pm | 1.00 | Haskell | Saline | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LZK) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
130 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; 34 were rated 100% and 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSRX | 51 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 4.00 in | 10:10 am | 6:55 pm |
| KLZK | 45 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4.00 in | 10:04 am | 7:01 pm |
| KNQA | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.00 in | 5:01 pm | 7:00 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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