Hail in Wichita on Friday, April 29, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 17 hail reports in Wichita on Friday, April 29, 2022, between 2:55 am and 9:48 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 2 ENE El Dorado (Butler County) at 8:50 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,300 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 680 rated a 100% chance of hail and 439 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 11 places in Butler and Sedgwick counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- East Wichita 5 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Andover 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- El Dorado 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Andale 1 report, up to 2.00 in
- Burns 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Cassoday 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Derby 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Haysville 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Rosalia 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Wichita Eisenhowe 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wichita Eisenhower Nati 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:55 am | 2.00 | Andale | Sedgwick | MOST OF THE HAIL WAS PEA TO NICKEL SIZE... BUT A FEW STONES WERE AROUND 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. (ICT) |
| 7:38 pm | 1.00 | 6 SW Burns | Butler | (ICT) |
| 7:47 pm | 1.25 | East Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:55 pm | 1.00 | Andover | Butler | (ICT) |
| 8:50 pm | 2.50 | 2 ENE El Dorado | Butler | DELAYED REPORT OF TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL NEAR EL DORADO LAKE SENT VIA FACEBOOK. TIME IS APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. (ICT) |
| 9:01 pm | 1.75 | 2 W Rosalia | Butler | (ICT) |
| 9:03 pm | 1.25 | 5 E El Dorado | Butler | DELAYED REPORT. RECEIVED VIA MPING. (ICT) |
| 9:19 pm | 1.00 | Wichita Eisenhower Nati | Sedgwick | WIND DRIVEN HAIL AT NWS OFFICE. (ICT) |
| 9:20 pm | 1.00 | 1 WSW Wichita Eisenhowe | Sedgwick | DELAYED REPORT. RECEIVED VIA MPING. (ICT) |
| 9:29 pm | 1.50 | 3 NW Haysville | Sedgwick | DELAYED REPORT. (ICT) |
| 9:29 pm | 1.00 | East Wichita | Sedgwick | WIND DRIVEN HAIL. (ICT) |
| 9:33 pm | 2.00 | 2 S East Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 9:34 pm | 1.75 | 1 SSE Andover | Butler | (ICT) |
| 9:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW East Wichita | Sedgwick | DELAYED REPORT. RECEIVED VIA MPING. (ICT) |
| 9:35 pm | 1.00 | 2 S Cassoday | Butler | (ICT) |
| 9:37 pm | 1.25 | 2 ESE East Wichita | Sedgwick | DELAYED REPORT. (ICT) |
| 9:48 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNE Derby | Sedgwick | DELAYED REPORT. (ICT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,300 signatures from 8 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; 680 were rated 100% and 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KICH | 477 | 139 | 103 | 0 | 1.75 in | 1:26 am | 11:04 pm |
| KVNX | 206 | 136 | 78 | 2 | 2.00 in | 12:50 am | 10:50 pm |
| KICT | 173 | 87 | 71 | 4 | 2.25 in | 1:25 am | 10:50 pm |
| KTWX | 171 | 118 | 63 | 3 | 2.00 in | 12:47 am | 10:55 pm |
| KINX | 133 | 95 | 55 | 3 | 2.00 in | 1:03 am | 10:54 pm |
| KDDC | 76 | 52 | 34 | 1 | 2.00 in | 12:46 am | 10:26 pm |
| KTLX | 58 | 47 | 30 | 0 | 1.75 in | 1:25 am | 10:56 pm |
| KEAX | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1.75 in | 8:24 pm | 9:43 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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