Hail on Date

Hail in Kansas City on Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The Storm Prediction Center logged 44 hail reports in Kansas City on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, between 6:54 am and 7:35 am CDT, in 6 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 1 ESE Shawnee (Johnson, KS) at 7:10 am. NOAA radar flagged 268 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 78 rated a 100% chance of hail and 93 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.

44spotter hail reports in the metro
2.00 inlargest reported, 1 ESE Shawnee
268radar hail signatures inside the metro, 78 rated 100%
3.00 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Kansas City counties with 268 radar hail signatures and 44 spotter hail reports on May 8, 2024 Jackson Clay Platte Cass Ray Clinton Lafayette Johnson Wyandotte Leavenworth Miami 2.00 in, 1 ESE Shawnee
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 22 places in Cass, MO, Clay, MO, Jackson, MO, Johnson, KS, Platte, MO and Wyandotte, KS, 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
6:54 am2.002 NNW OlatheJohnson, KSMostly quarters but one hail stone was 2 inches in diameter. (EAX)
6:55 am1.25OlatheJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)
7:00 am1.001 ESE ShawneeJohnson, KSMinor dents to vehicle. (EAX)
7:04 am1.006 S HarrisonvilleCass, MO(EAX)
7:05 am1.002 SE Lake QuiviraJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:05 am1.502 SE Lake QuiviraJohnson, KSTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:06 am1.001 SW FairwayJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:07 am1.752 SE Lake QuiviraJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (EAX)
7:08 am1.002 W Overland ParkJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:08 am1.252 W MerriamJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)
7:08 am1.504 SSW Kansas CityJackson, MODelayed report... max size 1.50 inches... hail covered the ground. (EAX)
7:09 am1.002 E Lake QuiviraJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:10 am1.252 NW LenexaJohnson, KSTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:10 am2.001 ESE ShawneeJohnson, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:10 am1.00ShawneeJohnson, KSQuarter-sized hail reported in Shawnee by meteorologist. (EAX)
7:11 am1.253 N LenexaJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX)
7:12 am1.502 SE Lake QuiviraJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)
7:12 am1.00HollidayJohnson, KSSocial media report. (EAX)
7:13 am1.005 NW OlatheJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time adjusted by radar. (EAX)
7:13 am1.75ShawneeJohnson, KSPhoto of golf ball sized hail via facebook. (EAX)
7:13 am1.002 NW Roeland ParkWyandotte, KSSocial media report. (EAX)
7:13 am1.002 SE Kansas CityJackson, MOTime confirmed by radar. (EAX)
7:15 am1.001 NW OlatheJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:15 am1.001 SSW Kansas CityJackson, MO(EAX)
7:15 am1.00Kansas CityJackson, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:15 am1.00Kansas City KansasWyandotte, KSQuarter size hail in Strawberry Hill. (EAX)
7:16 am1.00Kansas City KansasWyandotte, KSSocial media report. (EAX)
7:17 am1.001 SE Mission HillsJackson, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:17 am1.751 SSW Kansas City DowntJackson, MOSocial media report. (EAX)
7:18 am1.00Kansas CityJackson, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time adjusted by radar. (EAX)
7:18 am1.001 SSE ParkvillePlatte, MOReported by WDAF. (EAX)
7:19 am1.50Kansas CityJackson, MOSocial media report. (EAX)
7:19 am1.251 ESE Kansas City KansaWyandotte, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:20 am1.001 NE Westwood HillsJackson, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:23 am1.00NorthmoorClay, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:24 am1.001 ENE Houston LakePlatte, MOTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:24 am1.50OakviewClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:26 am1.752 S Kansas City KansasWyandotte, KS(EAX)
7:29 am1.50NorthmoorClay, MOReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (EAX)
7:29 am1.002 NE OakviewClay, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:33 am1.002 E SmithvilleClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
7:35 am1.25GladstoneClay, MOReported in Gladstone. (EAX)
7:35 am1.004 SE SmithvilleClay, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
7:35 am1.004 E SmithvilleClay, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)

What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro

268 signatures from 6 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; 78 were rated 100% and 33 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KTWX802327112.50 in5:57 am8:09 am
KEAX762426102.75 in5:58 am7:51 am
KMCI66112153.00 in5:57 am8:09 am
KSGF44191872.50 in6:04 am8:07 am
KICT11101.25 in6:06 am6:06 am
KOAX10000.50 in6:58 am6:58 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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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.