Hail in Wichita on Friday, May 13, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 5 hail reports in Wichita on Friday, May 13, 2022, between 9:26 pm and 9:55 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 1.75 inches at 1 SE Cheney (Sedgwick County) at 9:45 pm. NOAA radar flagged 464 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 162 rated a 100% chance of hail and 92 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 3 places in Sedgwick and Sumner counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Cheney 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Norwich 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Garden Plain 1 report, up to 1.50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:26 pm | 1.25 | 6 NE Norwich | Sedgwick | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (ICT) |
| 9:27 pm | 1.00 | 4 ENE Norwich | Sumner | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (ICT) |
| 9:45 pm | 1.75 | 1 SE Cheney | Sedgwick | A PICTURE OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS SENT IN FROM THE PUBLIC. (ICT) |
| 9:46 pm | 1.25 | Cheney | Sedgwick | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (ICT) |
| 9:55 pm | 1.50 | 2 E Garden Plain | Sedgwick | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. (ICT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
464 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; 162 were rated 100% and 3 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 | 189 | 66 | 39 | 0 | 1.50 in | 12:32 am | 10:10 pm |
| KICT | 80 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2.25 in | 12:25 am | 9:52 pm |
| KVNX | 80 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 1.50 in | 12:34 am | 9:53 pm |
| KTWX | 64 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 1.50 in | 12:33 am | 9:57 pm |
| KDDC | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in | 12:33 am | 9:56 pm |
| KINX | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 3:28 am | 4:16 am |
| KTLX | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 3:24 am | 3:55 am |
| KEAX | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 4:06 am | 4:24 am |
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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