Hail in Kansas City on Saturday, March 29, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 15 hail reports in Kansas City on Saturday, March 29, 2025, between 9:50 pm and 10:37 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 1.25 inches at 3 NNE Harrisonville (Cass, MO) at 10:37 pm. NOAA radar flagged 257 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 70 rated a 100% chance of hail and 56 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Cass, MO and Clay, MO, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Harrisonville 6 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Smithville 6 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Trimble 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- East Lynne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:50 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE East Lynne | Cass, MO | Delayed social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 9:55 pm | 1.00 | Smithville | Clay, MO | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 9:55 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Smithville | Clay, MO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 9:56 pm | 1.00 | 2 N Smithville | Clay, MO | Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 9:59 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSW Trimble | Clay, MO | Delayed social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 10:00 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Trimble | Clay, MO | Report of quarter size hail on social media near 188th Street and Highway F. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 10:00 pm | 1.25 | 3 N Smithville | Clay, MO | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 10:02 pm | 1.25 | 3 NNE Smithville | Clay, MO | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 10:03 pm | 1.00 | 3 NNE Smithville | Clay, MO | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 10:31 pm | 1.00 | 2 WNW Harrisonville | Cass, MO | (EAX) |
| 10:34 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNE Harrisonville | Cass, MO | (EAX) |
| 10:35 pm | 1.00 | Harrisonville | Cass, MO | (EAX) |
| 10:35 pm | 1.00 | Harrisonville | Cass, MO | (EAX) |
| 10:37 pm | 1.25 | 3 NNE Harrisonville | Cass, MO | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 10:37 pm | 1.00 | 4 N Harrisonville | Cass, MO | Report via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
257 signatures from 4 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; 70 were rated 100% and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTWX | 78 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 2.75 in | 8:51 pm | 11:17 pm |
| KMCI | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 in | 8:52 pm | 11:10 pm |
| KEAX | 71 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 2.25 in | 8:50 pm | 11:14 pm |
| KSGF | 34 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2.50 in | 9:09 pm | 11:15 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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