Hail in Sioux Falls on Sunday, May 29, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 18 hail reports in Sioux Falls on Sunday, May 29, 2022, between 3:55 am and 4:24 am CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 E Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County) at 4:17 am. NOAA radar flagged 64 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 37 rated a 100% chance of hail and 42 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Lincoln and Minnehaha counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Sioux Falls 12 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Tea 4 reports, up to 2.25 in
- Garretson 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Harrisburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:55 am | 2.00 | 4 WSW Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | (FSD) |
| 3:56 am | 2.00 | 5 W Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG (2.00 IN.). (FSD) |
| 3:59 am | 1.50 | 5 N Tea | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:00 am | 2.00 | 2 W Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | (FSD) |
| 4:01 am | 1.50 | 4 SW Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:04 am | 1.50 | 4 NNE Tea | Lincoln | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:04 am | 2.25 | 5 N Tea | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: HEN EGG+ (2.25 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:04 am | 1.00 | 5 W Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:05 am | 1.25 | 5 N Tea | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:07 am | 1.50 | 5 WSW Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: PING PONG BALL (1.50 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:09 am | 1.25 | 3 E Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: HALF DOLLAR (1.25 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:12 am | 1.75 | 1 NE Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: GOLF BALL (1.75 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:16 am | 1.00 | Harrisburg | Lincoln | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:17 am | 2.50 | 1 E Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (FSD) |
| 4:17 am | 1.00 | 3 ENE Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:20 am | 1.00 | 4 ESE Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:20 am | 1.00 | 3 ENE Sioux Falls | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FSD) |
| 4:24 am | 1.00 | 1 SSW Garretson | Minnehaha | REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.). (FSD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
64 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; 37 were rated 100% and 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KFSD | 42 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 3.25 in | 2:57 am | 11:58 pm |
| KOAX | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2.75 in | 3:19 am | 4:09 am |
| KABR | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 in | 4:09 am | 11:58 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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