Hail map — August 3, 2024
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 30 cities across 8 states on August 3, 2024. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Baton Rouge, LA.
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- States hit
- 8
- Cities hit
- 30
- Largest stone
- 1.50″
- half dollar size
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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States hit on August 3, 2024
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on August 3, 2024
Showing the 24 largest of 30 cities hit. The rest are under their state above.
What people on the ground measured in the US on August 3, 2024
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 4 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 4.00″ softball size Public1 N Wadena, MN6:30 PM CDTWadena County
Facebook report of mostly baseball sized stones with a few as large as softballs, no hail stones smaller than golf balls.
- 4.00″ softball size Public1 ESE Wadena, MN6:40 PM CDTWadena County
Corrects previous hail report from 1 ESE Wadena. Mostly ping pong balls, but the largest stones were up to softball in size.
- 3.00″ baseball size Trained SpotterWadena, MN6:38 PM CDTWadena County
Largest hailstones only lasted 3 minutes, but smaller hail still ongoing at time of call.
- 3.00″ baseball size Public1 ESE Wadena, MN6:40 PM CDTWadena County
Mostly ping pong balls, but the largest stones were 3 inches in diameter.
- 3.00″ baseball size Amateur Radio1 N Browerville, MN7:22 PM CDTTodd County
- 2.75″ baseball size Public1 NW Franklintown, PA1:52 PM EDTYork County
1 inch Hail.
- 2.50″ hen egg size PublicWadena, MN6:50 PM CDTWadena County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public1 S Backus, MN6:15 PM CDTCass County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 S Browerville, MN7:20 PM CDTTodd County
Picture via X.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained SpotterGrey Eagle, MN8:00 PM CDTTodd County
Photo via twitter.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Emergency MngrBlackduck, MN12:10 PM CDTBeltrami County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Law EnforcementStaples, MN6:20 PM CDTWadena County
Delayed Report. Location Estimated.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Law EnforcementStaples, MN6:25 PM CDTWadena County
Reported golf ball sized hail ongoing.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public4 NE Wadena, MN6:38 PM CDTWadena County
Hail and heavy rainfall, with the largest stones being the size of golf balls.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public1 N Verndale, MN6:45 PM CDTWadena County
Hail lasted about 15 minutes.
Showing the 15 largest of 82 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 3, 2024
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 30 cities across 8 states on August 3, 2024. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Baton Rouge, LA. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.