Hail map — August 7, 2023
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 38 cities across 10 states on August 7, 2023. The largest stones — 2.00″, hen egg size — fell over Hagerstown, MD.
- States hit
- 10
- Cities hit
- 38
- Largest stone
- 2.00″
- hen egg size
- Impact rating
- 7/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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States hit on August 7, 2023
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on August 7, 2023
Showing the 24 largest of 38 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on August 7, 2023
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 6 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 4.75″ softball size Trained Spotter1 SSW Fort A.p. Hill, VA7:05 PM EDTCaroline County
Corrects previous hail report from 1 SSW Fort A.P. Hill. Time estimated from radar. Hail stone was measured approximately 15 minutes after the hail core passed over this location, and a picture from another spotter corroborates the increased hail size.
- 4.00″ softball size Public1 N Clear Spring, MD1:54 PM EDTWashington County
Public reported and sent image of approximately 4 inch hail north of Clear Spring, MD. Time estimated from radar.
- 4.00″ softball size Trained Spotter15 S Beardsley, KS5:28 PM CDTRawlins County
Spotter reported hail that busted out windshield of car. Did also observe a rapidly rotating wall cloud.
- 4.00″ softball size Trained Spotter1 SSW Fort A.p. Hill, VA7:05 PM EDTCaroline County
Time estimated from radar. Hail stone was measured approximately 15 minutes after the hail core passed over this location.
- 3.00″ baseball size Trained SpotterTrimbles Mill, VA4:09 PM EDTAugusta County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public6 SE Palisade, NE4:15 PM CDTHitchcock County
Delayed report of golf ball to baseball sized hail a the junction of Highways 6 and 25.
- 2.75″ baseball size Public4 N Colby, KS5:49 PM CDTThomas County
Corrects previous hail report from 4 N Colby. Corrects previous hail report from 4 N Colby. Ping pong to golf ball size hail 4 miles N of Colby at 4:49 pm MDT. Egg sized hail observed at 4:53 PM MDT and still ongoing at 4:58 PM. Hail then increased to baseball size or slightly larger.
- 2.75″ baseball size Trained Spotter3 NW Supply, VA7:20 PM EDTCaroline County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public3 WSW Angelus, KS6:51 PM CDTThomas County
Social media report with picture of hail up to baseball sized covering the ground. Time estimated from radar.
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicChimes, AR5:35 AM CDTVan Buren County
Social media images show a very large hailstone.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Trained Spotter2 WNW Woolum, AR5:40 AM CDTSearcy County
Report from mPING. Corresponding image sent via social media confirms hail size.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Public1 ENE Ruthbelle, WV1:24 PM EDTPreston County
Broken windows along Dixon Drive due to hail. Vegetation was significantly impacted.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Broadcast MediaMcDowell, VA2:55 PM EDTHighland County
WDBJ photo relayed of tennis ball sized hail.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Broadcast Media2 S Staunton, VA4:22 PM EDTCity of Staunton County
- 2.50″ hen egg size Broadcast MediaEarlysville, VA5:02 PM EDTAlbemarle County
Showing the 15 largest of 230 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
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US hail on August 7, 2023
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 38 cities across 10 states on August 7, 2023. The largest stones — 2.00 inches, hen egg size — were over Hagerstown, MD. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.