Hail in Sioux Falls on Saturday, July 22, 2023
The Storm Prediction Center logged 6 hail reports in Sioux Falls on Saturday, July 22, 2023, between 4:55 pm and 6:10 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at 6 ENE Spencer (McCook County) at 4:58 pm. NOAA radar flagged 67 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 39 rated a 100% chance of hail and 25 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in McCook, Minnehaha and Turner counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Salem 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Canova 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Dell Rapids 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hurley 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Spencer 1 report, up to 2.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:55 pm | 1.25 | 6 S Canova | McCook | (FSD) |
| 4:58 pm | 2.75 | 6 ENE Spencer | McCook | (FSD) |
| 5:04 pm | 2.50 | 2 W Salem | McCook | Delayed Report Social Media Report. Had a photo measuring Tennis Ball sized hail. (FSD) |
| 5:13 pm | 1.50 | 2 SSW Salem | McCook | Report via social media. Time estimated via radar. (FSD) |
| 5:43 pm | 1.00 | 3 WNW Dell Rapids | Minnehaha | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FSD) |
| 6:10 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Hurley | Turner | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (FSD) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
67 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; 39 were rated 100% and 10 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 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2.50 in | 4:41 pm | 6:24 pm |
| KABR | 21 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2.75 in | 12:40 pm | 6:01 pm |
| KOAX | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 in | 5:37 pm | 6:31 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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