Hail in St. Louis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 17 hail reports in St. Louis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, between 3:25 am and 8:37 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 12 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at Renault (Monroe, IL) at 5:51 pm. NOAA radar flagged 812 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 323 rated a 100% chance of hail and 237 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 11 places in Jefferson, MO, Madison, IL, Monroe, IL and St. Louis, MO, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Crystal City 3 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Ames 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Edwardsville 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Olympian Village 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Renault 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Cedar Hill 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Columbia 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Festus 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Hillsboro 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mitchell 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Oakville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:25 am | 1.00 | Oakville | St. Louis, MO | (LSX) |
| 4:15 pm | 1.00 | Hillsboro | Jefferson, MO | Relayed via broadcast media... time estimated from radar. (LSX) |
| 4:29 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Olympian Village | Jefferson, MO | (LSX) |
| 4:40 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSE Festus | Jefferson, MO | Relayed via broadcast media. (LSX) |
| 4:42 pm | 1.50 | 1 S Crystal City | Jefferson, MO | Relayed via broadcast media from public... time estimated via radar. (LSX) |
| 4:50 pm | 1.50 | 5 E Olympian Village | Jefferson, MO | Reported as just under golf ball size hail. (LSX) |
| 4:53 pm | 1.00 | 6 SSE Crystal City | Jefferson, MO | (LSX) |
| 4:53 pm | 1.25 | 5 SSE Crystal City | Jefferson, MO | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (LSX) |
| 5:32 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Renault | Monroe, IL | (LSX) |
| 5:36 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Ames | Monroe, IL | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LSX) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Cedar Hill | Jefferson, MO | (LSX) |
| 5:49 pm | 1.75 | Ames | Monroe, IL | (LSX) |
| 5:51 pm | 1.75 | Renault | Monroe, IL | (LSX) |
| 6:53 pm | 1.00 | 2 ESE Columbia | Monroe, IL | (LSX) |
| 8:10 pm | 1.00 | Mitchell | Madison, IL | (LSX) |
| 8:23 pm | 1.00 | 2 WNW Edwardsville | Madison, IL | (LSX) |
| 8:37 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Edwardsville | Madison, IL | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (LSX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
812 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; 323 were rated 100% and 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSTL | 437 | 157 | 134 | 16 | 2.50 in | 3:00 am | 10:16 pm |
| KPAH | 154 | 74 | 48 | 12 | 3.00 in | 3:26 am | 8:44 pm |
| KILX | 129 | 48 | 24 | 0 | 1.50 in | 3:29 am | 9:57 pm |
| KVWX | 92 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 2.75 in | 3:29 am | 8:46 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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