Hail in Wichita on Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The Storm Prediction Center logged 26 hail reports in Wichita on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, between 4:50 pm and 9:00 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 E El Dorado (Butler County) at 5:44 pm. NOAA radar flagged 2,503 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 810 rated a 100% chance of hail and 714 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 14 places in Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick and Sumner counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- El Dorado 10 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Downtown Wichita 3 reports, up to 2.25 in
- Belle Plaine 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Geuda Springs 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Hesston 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Leon 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Park City 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Towanda 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Udall 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Walton 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wellington 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Whitewater 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wichita Eisenhowe 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wichita Eisenhower Airp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:50 pm | 1.00 | 3 E Wellington | Sumner | (ICT) |
| 4:57 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Belle Plaine | Sumner | (ICT) |
| 5:05 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Udall | Sumner | (ICT) |
| 5:05 pm | 2.50 | 4 E Belle Plaine | Sumner | PICTURE SENT VIA FACEBOOK OF TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL. (ICT) |
| 5:25 pm | 1.00 | 4 W Leon | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.00 | El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:42 pm | 1.75 | 1 SSE El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:44 pm | 2.50 | 1 E El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:46 pm | 1.25 | 4 E El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:48 pm | 1.00 | 1 W El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:50 pm | 2.00 | 2 E El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 5:51 pm | 1.75 | El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 6:17 pm | 1.50 | Towanda | Butler | (ICT) |
| 6:20 pm | 1.50 | 1 N El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 6:22 pm | 2.00 | 1 W El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 6:23 pm | 1.00 | El Dorado | Butler | (ICT) |
| 7:25 pm | 1.00 | Wichita Eisenhower Airp | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:25 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Walton | Harvey | (ICT) |
| 7:28 pm | 1.25 | 4 NNW Geuda Springs | Sumner | (ICT) |
| 7:29 pm | 1.00 | 2 ENE Wichita Eisenhowe | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:30 pm | 1.75 | 3 W Downtown Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:33 pm | 2.25 | 2 WSW Downtown Wichita | Sedgwick | PICTURES SENT VIA FACEBOOK. (ICT) |
| 7:34 pm | 1.75 | Downtown Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:49 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNE Park City | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 8:04 pm | 1.00 | 6 SSW Whitewater | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 9:00 pm | 1.75 | Hesston | Harvey | (ICT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
2,503 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; 810 were rated 100% and 177 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 | 897 | 180 | 181 | 22 | 2.75 in | 4:02 am | 11:55 pm |
| KTWX | 406 | 156 | 128 | 36 | 3.25 in | 4:10 am | 11:57 pm |
| KVNX | 364 | 131 | 102 | 28 | 3.00 in | 3:59 am | 11:55 pm |
| KICT | 335 | 122 | 119 | 39 | 4.00 in | 4:20 am | 11:53 pm |
| KINX | 281 | 122 | 98 | 28 | 3.50 in | 4:31 am | 11:54 pm |
| KDDC | 107 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 3.50 in | 4:07 am | 11:35 pm |
| KTLX | 105 | 57 | 49 | 16 | 3.25 in | 4:14 pm | 11:13 pm |
| KEAX | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.25 in | 5:06 am | 9:48 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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