Hail in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Monday, July 24, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 7 hail reports in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Monday, July 24, 2023, between 3:00 pm and 4:23 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at Hampton (Dakota County) at 3:11 pm. NOAA radar flagged 362 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 79 rated a 100% chance of hail and 120 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Anoka, Dakota and Wright counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Rosemount 3 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Blaine 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Clearwater 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hampton 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Randolph 1 report, up to 1.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00 pm | 1.25 | 2 S Rosemount | Dakota | Photo via Social Media. (MPX) |
| 3:00 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Rosemount | Dakota | Photo relayed via Social Media. (MPX) |
| 3:02 pm | 1.50 | 2 E Rosemount | Dakota | Photo relayed on Social Media. (MPX) |
| 3:11 pm | 1.75 | Hampton | Dakota | Delayed report - Deputy reported golf ball size hail near Hampton. Time estimated by radar. (MPX) |
| 3:34 pm | 1.00 | Randolph | Dakota | Video relayed via social media. (MPX) |
| 3:45 pm | 1.00 | Clearwater | Wright | Mostly dime hail with some quarter mixed in. Photo relayed via Twitter. (MPX) |
| 4:23 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Blaine | Anoka | Phone report. (MPX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
362 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; 79 were rated 100% and 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDLH | 102 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 2.25 in | 1:27 pm | 5:09 pm |
| KMSP | 100 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1.50 in | 1:27 pm | 5:27 pm |
| KMPX | 81 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 4.00 in | 1:32 pm | 5:04 pm |
| KARX | 79 | 26 | 35 | 18 | 3.50 in | 1:25 pm | 5:29 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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