Hail on Date

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.

40spotter hail reports in the metro
2.50 inlargest reported, 1 NW Kearney
1,600radar hail signatures inside the metro, 382 rated 100%
2.50 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Kansas City counties with 1600 radar hail signatures and 40 spotter hail reports on May 19, 2025 Jackson Clay Platte Cass Ray Clinton Lafayette Johnson Wyandotte Leavenworth Miami 2.50 in, 1 NW Kearney
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 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.

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
2:45 pm1.252 NNW Kansas City IntlPlatte, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
2:54 pm1.00SmithvilleClay, MOSocial media report of quarter size hail in Smithville. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
2:59 pm1.001 E ParkvillePlatte, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
2:59 pm1.252 N SmithvilleClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:03 pm1.501 NNW OakviewClay, MOSocial media report. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)
3:08 pm1.251 NE GladstoneClay, MOTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:17 pm1.504 NW LibertyClay, MO(EAX)
3:17 pm1.00LathropClinton, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:17 pm1.00CameronClinton, MOSocial media report of quarter size hail in Cameron. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:20 pm1.004 N Pleasant ValleyClay, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)
3:20 pm1.255 NW LibertyClay, MOTime confirmed from radar. (EAX)
3:21 pm1.004 NW LibertyClay, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)
3:30 pm2.501 NW KearneyClay, MO(EAX)
3:30 pm1.751 N KearneyClay, MO(EAX)
3:40 pm1.75EdgertonJohnson, KS(EAX)
3:40 pm1.504 ENE HoltClinton, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:48 pm1.252 E LenexaJohnson, KS(EAX)
3:49 pm1.002 ESE LenexaJohnson, KSDOT relayed picture of hail to around quarter size. (EAX)
3:49 pm1.001 S MissionJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)
3:50 pm1.752 WNW LenexaJohnson, KS(EAX)
3:52 pm1.751 S LenexaJohnson, KS(EAX)
3:52 pm1.00BasehorLeavenworth, KS(EAX)
3:54 pm1.501 SSW LenexaJohnson, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:54 pm1.002 W Overland ParkJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:54 pm1.50Kansas CityJackson, MOReport from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:54 pm1.003 NNW LibertyClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:54 pm1.751 E HoltClay, MOSocial media report and photo of golf ball size hail near Holt. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:57 pm1.00Kansas CityJackson, MO(EAX)
3:58 pm1.001 NNE Overland ParkJohnson, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
3:58 pm1.001 S MerriamJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:03 pm1.001 W MerriamJohnson, KS(EAX)
4:03 pm1.00Westwood HillsJohnson, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:03 pm1.253 SW MosbyClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:03 pm2.00KearneyClay, MOSocial media report of two-inch hail in Kearney. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:05 pm1.251 S KearneyClay, MO(EAX)
4:08 pm1.254 E KearneyClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:12 pm1.00LawsonRay, MOSocial media report of quarter size hail near Lawson. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:15 pm1.25LeavenworthLeavenworth, KSSeveral reports of hail quarter to half dollar size in the Leavenworth area. Time estimated from social media reports. (EAX)
4:17 pm1.25ElmiraRay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:19 pm1.251 S Fort LeavenworthLeavenworth, KSTime 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.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KMCI705436801.75 in12:00 am9:58 pm
KEAX383163114172.50 in1:45 am9:36 pm
KTWX3671438892.25 in12:04 am9:44 pm
KSGF138311312.00 in1:39 am6:04 pm
KDMX51101.25 in2:34 pm9:32 pm
KOAX10000.50 in12:00 am12:00 am
KICT11000.75 in3:41 pm3:41 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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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.