Hail on Date

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.

43spotter hail reports in the metro
3.00 inlargest reported, 2 WSW Minneapolis
382radar hail signatures inside the metro, 209 rated 100%
4.00 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Minneapolis-St. Paul counties with 382 radar hail signatures and 43 spotter hail reports on August 11, 2023 Hennepin Ramsey Anoka Dakota Washington Scott Carver Wright Sherburne 3.00 in, 2 WSW Minneapolis
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

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.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
4:16 pm2.003 SW St. FrancisAnokaCorrects previous hail report from 3 SW St. Francis. Mostly quarter to half dollar with a few stones up to 2 inches. (MPX)
4:17 pm1.00Oak GroveAnokaRelayed to NWS via facebook message. (MPX)
4:27 pm1.502 WNW Big LakeSherburneReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX)
4:35 pm1.252 ENE Oak GroveAnokaDelayed report via facebook messenger. (MPX)
4:46 pm3.00RockfordWrightPicture via facebook comments. (MPX)
4:48 pm1.00DaytonWrightMostly pea sized but a few up to quarter sized stones. (MPX)
4:58 pm1.004 S Maple LakeWright(MPX)
5:10 pm1.00WatertownCarver(MPX)
5:15 pm1.251 SW DelanoWright(MPX)
5:16 pm1.501 SW Golden ValleyHennepinPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:18 pm2.00Golden ValleyHennepinPicture via facebook comments... time estimated via radar. (MPX)
5:19 pm1.752 S MinneapolisHennepin(MPX)
5:20 pm2.002 SW MinneapolisHennepinSlightly larger than 2 inch hail reported via twitter. (MPX)
5:20 pm1.50PlymouthHennepin(MPX)
5:21 pm1.751 ESE RobbinsdaleHennepin(MPX)
5:22 pm2.003 SSE MinneapolisHennepinDelayed report from EM. Sent via NWSchat with photo. Time estimated from radar. (MPX)
5:22 pm1.501 SSE RobbinsdaleHennepin(MPX)
5:23 pm1.251 ESE St. Louis ParkHennepinPicture with tape measure via twitter. (MPX)
5:23 pm3.002 WSW MinneapolisHennepinMostly golf ball size... with a few 2.5 to 3 inch stones in Bryn Mawr. (MPX)
5:23 pm1.752 S CrystalHennepinReported via facebook messenger. (MPX)
5:23 pm1.503 NW New HopeHennepinReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX)
5:24 pm2.502 WNW MinneapolisHennepin(MPX)
5:27 pm1.252 ESE MinneapolisHennepinPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:28 pm1.503 SSE MinneapolisHennepin(MPX)
5:30 pm1.752 NNW Mendota HeightsRamsey(MPX)
5:32 pm1.751 SW MinneapolisHennepinPicture via Twitter. (MPX)
5:32 pm1.002 E Falcon HeightsRamseyReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MPX)
5:32 pm1.502 S Columbia HeightsHennepinReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (MPX)
5:33 pm1.752 SW MinneapolisHennepin(MPX)
5:35 pm1.253 WSW St. PaulRamseyPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:35 pm1.251 SSE MinneapolisHennepin(MPX)
5:36 pm1.502 ESE St. Louis ParkHennepinPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:37 pm2.004 NE RichfieldHennepinReport from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (MPX)
5:40 pm1.001 N West St. PaulRamsey(MPX)
5:41 pm1.253 SW St. PaulRamsey(MPX)
5:43 pm1.002 W St. PaulRamseyPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:44 pm2.001 SW MinneapolisHennepinPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:47 pm1.502 SSW MinneapolisHennepinPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:50 pm1.253 E RichfieldHennepinUp to half dollar hail reported by off duty NWS employee at MSP airport. (MPX)
5:50 pm2.502 SSW MinneapolisHennepinPicture next to baseball... slightly smaller... via twitter. (MPX)
5:52 pm1.00Inver Grove HeightDakotaPicture via twitter. (MPX)
5:54 pm1.002 ENE Cottage GroveWashingtonReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (MPX)
5:56 pm1.251 WSW South St. PaulDakota(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.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KMSP148535401.75 in3:55 pm7:37 pm
KMPX1056672303.25 in12:10 am7:21 pm
KDLH836260224.00 in12:06 am5:49 pm
KARX46282533.00 in12:00 am7:21 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Minneapolis-St. Paul when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 9 counties (Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Dakota, Washington, Scott, Carver, Wright and Sherburne counties). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.