Hail in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Friday, August 11, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 43 hail reports in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Friday, August 11, 2023, between 4:16 pm and 5:56 pm CDT, in 8 of the metro's 9 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 2 WSW Minneapolis (Hennepin County) at 5:23 pm. NOAA radar flagged 382 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 209 rated a 100% chance of hail and 211 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 24 places in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and Wright counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Minneapolis 13 reports, up to 3.00 in
- St. Paul 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Golden Valley 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Oak Grove 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Richfield 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Robbinsdale 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- St. Louis Park 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Big Lake 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Columbia Heights 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Cottage Grove 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Crystal 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Dayton 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Delano 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Falcon Heights 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Inver Grove Height 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Maple Lake 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mendota Heights 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- New Hope 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Plymouth 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Rockford 1 report, up to 3.00 in
- South St. Paul 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- St. Francis 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Watertown 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- West St. Paul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:16 pm | 2.00 | 3 SW St. Francis | Anoka | Corrects previous hail report from 3 SW St. Francis. Mostly quarter to half dollar with a few stones up to 2 inches. (MPX) |
| 4:17 pm | 1.00 | Oak Grove | Anoka | Relayed to NWS via facebook message. (MPX) |
| 4:27 pm | 1.50 | 2 WNW Big Lake | Sherburne | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX) |
| 4:35 pm | 1.25 | 2 ENE Oak Grove | Anoka | Delayed report via facebook messenger. (MPX) |
| 4:46 pm | 3.00 | Rockford | Wright | Picture via facebook comments. (MPX) |
| 4:48 pm | 1.00 | Dayton | Wright | Mostly pea sized but a few up to quarter sized stones. (MPX) |
| 4:58 pm | 1.00 | 4 S Maple Lake | Wright | (MPX) |
| 5:10 pm | 1.00 | Watertown | Carver | (MPX) |
| 5:15 pm | 1.25 | 1 SW Delano | Wright | (MPX) |
| 5:16 pm | 1.50 | 1 SW Golden Valley | Hennepin | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:18 pm | 2.00 | Golden Valley | Hennepin | Picture via facebook comments... time estimated via radar. (MPX) |
| 5:19 pm | 1.75 | 2 S Minneapolis | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:20 pm | 2.00 | 2 SW Minneapolis | Hennepin | Slightly larger than 2 inch hail reported via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:20 pm | 1.50 | Plymouth | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:21 pm | 1.75 | 1 ESE Robbinsdale | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:22 pm | 2.00 | 3 SSE Minneapolis | Hennepin | Delayed report from EM. Sent via NWSchat with photo. Time estimated from radar. (MPX) |
| 5:22 pm | 1.50 | 1 SSE Robbinsdale | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:23 pm | 1.25 | 1 ESE St. Louis Park | Hennepin | Picture with tape measure via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:23 pm | 3.00 | 2 WSW Minneapolis | Hennepin | Mostly golf ball size... with a few 2.5 to 3 inch stones in Bryn Mawr. (MPX) |
| 5:23 pm | 1.75 | 2 S Crystal | Hennepin | Reported via facebook messenger. (MPX) |
| 5:23 pm | 1.50 | 3 NW New Hope | Hennepin | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX) |
| 5:24 pm | 2.50 | 2 WNW Minneapolis | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:27 pm | 1.25 | 2 ESE Minneapolis | Hennepin | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:28 pm | 1.50 | 3 SSE Minneapolis | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:30 pm | 1.75 | 2 NNW Mendota Heights | Ramsey | (MPX) |
| 5:32 pm | 1.75 | 1 SW Minneapolis | Hennepin | Picture via Twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:32 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Falcon Heights | Ramsey | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MPX) |
| 5:32 pm | 1.50 | 2 S Columbia Heights | Hennepin | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX) |
| 5:33 pm | 1.75 | 2 SW Minneapolis | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.25 | 3 WSW St. Paul | Ramsey | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.25 | 1 SSE Minneapolis | Hennepin | (MPX) |
| 5:36 pm | 1.50 | 2 ESE St. Louis Park | Hennepin | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:37 pm | 2.00 | 4 NE Richfield | Hennepin | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MPX) |
| 5:40 pm | 1.00 | 1 N West St. Paul | Ramsey | (MPX) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.25 | 3 SW St. Paul | Ramsey | (MPX) |
| 5:43 pm | 1.00 | 2 W St. Paul | Ramsey | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:44 pm | 2.00 | 1 SW Minneapolis | Hennepin | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:47 pm | 1.50 | 2 SSW Minneapolis | Hennepin | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:50 pm | 1.25 | 3 E Richfield | Hennepin | Up to half dollar hail reported by off duty NWS employee at MSP airport. (MPX) |
| 5:50 pm | 2.50 | 2 SSW Minneapolis | Hennepin | Picture next to baseball... slightly smaller... via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:52 pm | 1.00 | Inver Grove Height | Dakota | Picture via twitter. (MPX) |
| 5:54 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Cottage Grove | Washington | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MPX) |
| 5:56 pm | 1.25 | 1 WSW South St. Paul | Dakota | (MPX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
382 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; 209 were rated 100% and 55 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 | 148 | 53 | 54 | 0 | 1.75 in | 3:55 pm | 7:37 pm |
| KMPX | 105 | 66 | 72 | 30 | 3.25 in | 12:10 am | 7:21 pm |
| KDLH | 83 | 62 | 60 | 22 | 4.00 in | 12:06 am | 5:49 pm |
| KARX | 46 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3.00 in | 12:00 am | 7:21 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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