Hail in Kansas City on Monday, May 19, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 40 hail reports in Kansas City on Monday, May 19, 2025, between 2:45 pm and 4:19 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 2.50 inches at 1 NW Kearney (Clay, MO) at 3:30 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,600 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 382 rated a 100% chance of hail and 284 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 24 places in Clay, MO, Clinton, MO, Jackson, MO, Johnson, KS, Leavenworth, KS, Platte, MO and Ray, MO, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Kearney 5 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Lenexa 5 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Liberty 4 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Holt 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Kansas City 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Merriam 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Overland Park 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Smithville 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Basehor 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Cameron 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Edgerton 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Elmira 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Fort Leavenworth 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Gladstone 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Kansas City Intl 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Lathrop 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lawson 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Leavenworth 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Mission 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Mosby 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Oakview 1 report, up to 1.50 in
- Parkville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Pleasant Valley 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Westwood Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:45 pm | 1.25 | 2 NNW Kansas City Intl | Platte, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 2:54 pm | 1.00 | Smithville | Clay, MO | Social media report of quarter size hail in Smithville. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 2:59 pm | 1.00 | 1 E Parkville | Platte, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 2:59 pm | 1.25 | 2 N Smithville | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:03 pm | 1.50 | 1 NNW Oakview | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:08 pm | 1.25 | 1 NE Gladstone | Clay, MO | Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:17 pm | 1.50 | 4 NW Liberty | Clay, MO | (EAX) |
| 3:17 pm | 1.00 | Lathrop | Clinton, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:17 pm | 1.00 | Cameron | Clinton, MO | Social media report of quarter size hail in Cameron. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:20 pm | 1.00 | 4 N Pleasant Valley | Clay, MO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:20 pm | 1.25 | 5 NW Liberty | Clay, MO | Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:21 pm | 1.00 | 4 NW Liberty | Clay, MO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:30 pm | 2.50 | 1 NW Kearney | Clay, MO | (EAX) |
| 3:30 pm | 1.75 | 1 N Kearney | Clay, MO | (EAX) |
| 3:40 pm | 1.75 | Edgerton | Johnson, KS | (EAX) |
| 3:40 pm | 1.50 | 4 ENE Holt | Clinton, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:48 pm | 1.25 | 2 E Lenexa | Johnson, KS | (EAX) |
| 3:49 pm | 1.00 | 2 ESE Lenexa | Johnson, KS | DOT relayed picture of hail to around quarter size. (EAX) |
| 3:49 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Mission | Johnson, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:50 pm | 1.75 | 2 WNW Lenexa | Johnson, KS | (EAX) |
| 3:52 pm | 1.75 | 1 S Lenexa | Johnson, KS | (EAX) |
| 3:52 pm | 1.00 | Basehor | Leavenworth, KS | (EAX) |
| 3:54 pm | 1.50 | 1 SSW Lenexa | Johnson, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:54 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Overland Park | Johnson, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:54 pm | 1.50 | Kansas City | Jackson, MO | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:54 pm | 1.00 | 3 NNW Liberty | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:54 pm | 1.75 | 1 E Holt | Clay, MO | Social media report and photo of golf ball size hail near Holt. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:57 pm | 1.00 | Kansas City | Jackson, MO | (EAX) |
| 3:58 pm | 1.00 | 1 NNE Overland Park | Johnson, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 3:58 pm | 1.00 | 1 S Merriam | Johnson, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:03 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Merriam | Johnson, KS | (EAX) |
| 4:03 pm | 1.00 | Westwood Hills | Johnson, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:03 pm | 1.25 | 3 SW Mosby | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:03 pm | 2.00 | Kearney | Clay, MO | Social media report of two-inch hail in Kearney. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:05 pm | 1.25 | 1 S Kearney | Clay, MO | (EAX) |
| 4:08 pm | 1.25 | 4 E Kearney | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:12 pm | 1.00 | Lawson | Ray, MO | Social media report of quarter size hail near Lawson. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:15 pm | 1.25 | Leavenworth | Leavenworth, KS | Several reports of hail quarter to half dollar size in the Leavenworth area. Time estimated from social media reports. (EAX) |
| 4:17 pm | 1.25 | Elmira | Ray, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:19 pm | 1.25 | 1 S Fort Leavenworth | Leavenworth, KS | Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,600 signatures from 7 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; 382 were rated 100% and 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMCI | 705 | 43 | 68 | 0 | 1.75 in | 12:00 am | 9:58 pm |
| KEAX | 383 | 163 | 114 | 17 | 2.50 in | 1:45 am | 9:36 pm |
| KTWX | 367 | 143 | 88 | 9 | 2.25 in | 12:04 am | 9:44 pm |
| KSGF | 138 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 2.00 in | 1:39 am | 6:04 pm |
| KDMX | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in | 2:34 pm | 9:32 pm |
| KOAX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 12:00 am | 12:00 am |
| KICT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 3:41 pm | 3:41 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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