Hail on Date

Hail in Kansas City on Saturday, September 23, 2023

The Storm Prediction Center logged 34 hail reports in Kansas City on Saturday, September 23, 2023, between 8:52 am and 5:15 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at Liberty (Clay, MO) at 12:35 pm. NOAA radar flagged 2,096 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 593 rated a 100% chance of hail and 768 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

34spotter hail reports in the metro
2.50 inlargest reported, Liberty
2,096radar hail signatures inside the metro, 593 rated 100%
4.00 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Kansas City counties with 2096 radar hail signatures and 34 spotter hail reports on September 23, 2023 Jackson Clay Platte Cass Ray Clinton Lafayette Johnson Wyandotte Leavenworth Miami 2.50 in, Liberty
Amber dots are radar hail signatures inside the metro's counties (every cell the algorithm rated, 10% to 100% chance of hail), darkest under 1 inch, brighter from 1 inch, brightest at 2 inches and up. Triangles are spotter reports; the filled one is the largest. County names are drawn at each county's center.

Where hail was reported

Reports came from 20 places in Cass, MO, Clay, MO, Jackson, MO, Johnson, KS, Lafayette, MO, Miami, KS and Platte, MO, named as the National Weather Service described them.

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.

TimeSizePlaceCountyNWS comment
8:52 am1.253 SSW EdgertonMiami, KS(EAX)
9:02 am1.751 SSE EdgertonJohnson, KS(EAX)
9:13 am1.502 S GardnerJohnson, KS(EAX)
10:04 am1.001 SE Platte CityPlatte, MO(EAX)
10:05 am1.002 SSE Lewis And Clark VPlatte, MOWind gusts to 40 mph as well. (EAX)
10:43 am1.754 WSW ShawneeJohnson, KS(EAX)
10:55 am2.502 W LenexaJohnson, KS(EAX)
12:05 pm1.00BeltonCass, MOReport via social media. (EAX)
12:15 pm1.001 S GrandviewJackson, MOReport via social media. (EAX)
12:24 pm1.001 SW Lee's SummitJackson, MO(EAX)
12:35 pm2.50LibertyClay, MO(EAX)
12:40 pm1.25BucknerJackson, MO(EAX)
12:40 pm1.502 SE LibertyClay, MOReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)
12:47 pm1.001 WSW HarrisonvilleCass, MO(EAX)
12:50 pm1.501 NW Missouri CityClay, MO(EAX)
1:04 pm1.751 E HarrisonvilleCass, MOReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (EAX)
1:07 pm1.502 WNW Gunn CityCass, MO(EAX)
1:15 pm1.752 E Gunn CityCass, MO(EAX)
1:25 pm1.752 WNW Missouri CityClay, MOMainly quarter to half dollar size hail but a few golf ball size hail reported. (EAX)
3:08 pm1.001 N ConcordiaLafayette, MOQuarter size hail reported at the TA Travel Center. (EAX)
4:12 pm2.003 ESE ClareJohnson, KSReceived from social media with 2 inch hail. (EAX)
4:15 pm1.755 SE OlatheJohnson, KSReport via social media. (EAX)
4:25 pm1.005 SSW BeltonCass, MO(EAX)
4:35 pm2.00PeculiarCass, MOreport via social media. (EAX)
4:36 pm1.00RaymoreCass, MOPublic reported varying size hail from dime to quarter size hail. Located near Lowes in Raymore. (EAX)
4:36 pm1.252 W RaymoreCass, MOReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)
4:40 pm1.00RaymoreCass, MOTrained spotter reported mostly dime size hail with quarter size hail southwest of Raymore. (EAX)
4:40 pm1.752 WSW RaymoreCass, MOReceived a CoCoRaHS report of 1.75 inch hail. (EAX)
4:40 pm1.00BeltonCass, MO(EAX)
4:41 pm1.502 NNE ClevelandCass, MO(EAX)
4:45 pm1.001 S RaymoreCass, MO(EAX)
5:10 pm1.001 W HarrisonvilleCass, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
5:14 pm1.251 E HarrisonvilleCass, MOReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)
5:15 pm1.002 WNW HarrisonvilleCass, MOTrained spotter reported. (EAX)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

2,096 signatures from 5 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; 593 were rated 100% and 155 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KMCI651130179153.00 in8:43 am5:43 pm
KTWX626210244594.00 in8:43 am8:46 pm
KEAX471104181393.50 in8:45 am8:40 pm
KSGF347148164424.00 in8:48 am8:42 pm
KDMX11000.50 in4:16 pm4:16 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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Spotter reports come from the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary daily logs, grouped here by local calendar date (Central Daylight Time) and by county: a report counts for Kansas City when its coordinates fall inside one of the metro's 11 counties (the counties of Jackson, MO, Clay, MO, Platte, MO, Cass, MO, Ray, MO, Clinton, MO, Lafayette, MO, Johnson, KS, Wyandotte, KS, Leavenworth, KS and Miami, KS). Radar signatures are estimates from the Hail Detection Algorithm, not measured stones; they include every cell it rated, from a 10% to a 100% probability of hail. How these pages are built.