Hail in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Wednesday, May 11, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 18 hail reports in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, between 1:30 pm and 8:50 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at Big Lake (Sherburne County) at 3:15 pm. NOAA radar flagged 871 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 251 rated a 100% chance of hail and 240 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 14 places in Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Orrock 3 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Apple Valley 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Shakopee 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Belle Plaine 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Big Lake 1 report, up to 2.50 in
- Chaska 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Clearwater 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Eagan 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Elk River 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lakeville 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Medina 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- St. Michael 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Woodbury 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Zimmerman 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:30 pm | 1.00 | St. Michael | Wright | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. PHOTO INCLUDED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MPX) |
| 2:50 pm | 1.00 | Clearwater | Wright | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. PHOTO INCLUDED. (MPX) |
| 3:15 pm | 2.50 | Big Lake | Sherburne | REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. PHOTO INCLUDED. (MPX) |
| 3:20 pm | 1.00 | 3 NW Elk River | Sherburne | REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF CO RD 9 AND ELK LAKE RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MPX) |
| 3:20 pm | 1.75 | 4 S Orrock | Sherburne | REPORTED AT EAGLE LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MPX) |
| 3:25 pm | 1.50 | 3 SE Orrock | Sherburne | GROUND COVERED WITH HAIL. (MPX) |
| 3:35 pm | 1.75 | 3 SE Orrock | Sherburne | REPORTED VIA EMAIL. PHOTO INCLUDED. (MPX) |
| 3:35 pm | 1.50 | Zimmerman | Sherburne | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. INCLUDES PHOTO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MPX) |
| 7:10 pm | 1.25 | Belle Plaine | Scott | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MPX) |
| 8:10 pm | 2.00 | 1 S Shakopee | Scott | (MPX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.50 | 2 SE Shakopee | Scott | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (MPX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.50 | 2 N Chaska | Carver | (MPX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSE Medina | Hennepin | SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL... LOTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL. (MPX) |
| 8:15 pm | 1.25 | 3 SSE Lakeville | Dakota | (MPX) |
| 8:25 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Apple Valley | Dakota | (MPX) |
| 8:26 pm | 1.25 | Apple Valley | Dakota | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF 1 TO 1.25 INCH HAIL IN APPLE VALLEY. (MPX) |
| 8:29 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSW Eagan | Dakota | (MPX) |
| 8:50 pm | 1.00 | Woodbury | Washington | PHOTO PROVIDED VIA TWITTER. (MPX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
871 signatures from 4 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; 251 were rated 100% and 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMSP | 435 | 83 | 87 | 2 | 2.00 in | 7:03 am | 11:58 pm |
| KMPX | 238 | 79 | 77 | 25 | 3.50 in | 7:01 am | 10:55 pm |
| KDLH | 103 | 48 | 35 | 8 | 3.00 in | 11:48 am | 10:16 pm |
| KARX | 95 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 3.25 in | 7:03 am | 10:46 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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