Hail in Kansas City on Wednesday, April 15, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 40 hail reports in Kansas City on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, between 3:56 pm and 5:47 pm CDT, in 7 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 4.00 inches at Paola (Miami, KS) at 4:40 pm. NOAA radar flagged 890 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 128 rated a 100% chance of hail and 194 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 23 places in Cass, MO, Clay, MO, Jackson, MO, Johnson, KS, Miami, KS, Ray, MO and Wyandotte, KS, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Paola 9 reports, up to 4.00 in
- Osawatomie 4 reports, up to 2.75 in
- Knoxville 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Stanley 3 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Hillsdale 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Louisburg 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Avondale 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Chiles 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Clare 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- East Lynne 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Excelsior Estates 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Glenaire 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Independence 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Kansas City Kansas 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Kearney 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Lawson 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Maywood 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Merriam 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Muncie 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Oak Grove 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Prairie Village 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Raytown 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Strasburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:56 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Muncie | Wyandotte, KS | Mping report. (EAX) |
| 4:17 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Kearney | Clay, MO | (EAX) |
| 4:32 pm | 2.50 | Osawatomie | Miami, KS | Several social media photos and videos of hail up to tennis ball size in Osawatomie. Multiple homes and vehicles were damaged... with many windows and windshields crack (EAX) |
| 4:35 pm | 1.50 | 1 ENE Osawatomie | Miami, KS | Report of ping pong sized hail. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:35 pm | 2.00 | 2 NNE Osawatomie | Miami, KS | Social media report. Damaged roof of a house. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:37 pm | 2.75 | 4 NNE Osawatomie | Miami, KS | Photo from social media shows hail approximately baseball sized. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:38 pm | 2.75 | 3 SW Paola | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:38 pm | 2.00 | 1 SW Paola | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:38 pm | 2.50 | 2 W Paola | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:39 pm | 3.00 | 1 SE Paola | Miami, KS | (EAX) |
| 4:40 pm | 2.50 | 1 WSW Paola | Miami, KS | Measured 2.5 inch hail in downtown Paola. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:40 pm | 4.00 | Paola | Miami, KS | Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:41 pm | 2.50 | Paola | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:41 pm | 2.50 | 1 WSW Paola | Miami, KS | Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:44 pm | 1.75 | 1 N Paola | Miami, KS | Golf ball size hail at the Paola Golf Club. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:47 pm | 2.50 | 3 SSE Hillsdale | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:47 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Prairie Village | Johnson, KS | Hail lasted about ten minutes. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:50 pm | 2.00 | 3 SSE Hillsdale | Miami, KS | Report relayed via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:50 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Louisburg | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:50 pm | 1.75 | 1 SSW Chiles | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:56 pm | 1.25 | 1 N East Lynne | Cass, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 4:56 pm | 1.75 | 4 N Louisburg | Miami, KS | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:02 pm | 1.00 | Strasburg | Cass, MO | Social media report of quarter size hail in the Strasburg area. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:06 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Maywood | Jackson, MO | Video from social media shows estimated quarter sized hail. Time taken from social media and confirmed by radar. (EAX) |
| 5:10 pm | 1.00 | 1 NW Independence | Jackson, MO | Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:11 pm | 1.00 | 2 NW Merriam | Wyandotte, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 5:20 pm | 1.00 | 4 SW Raytown | Jackson, MO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 5:20 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Kansas City Kansas | Wyandotte, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 5:24 pm | 1.00 | 2 NNW Glenaire | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:26 pm | 1.00 | 3 NW Oak Grove | Jackson, MO | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 5:30 pm | 1.00 | 1 E Avondale | Clay, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:34 pm | 1.00 | 5 ESE Clare | Johnson, KS | Report relayed via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:35 pm | 1.75 | 1 E Excelsior Estates | Ray, MO | Social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.00 | 2 NE Stanley | Johnson, KS | Mping report. (EAX) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.25 | 3 E Lawson | Ray, MO | Taken from social media. Time estimated by radar. (EAX) |
| 5:43 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Stanley | Johnson, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 5:44 pm | 1.25 | 2 NW Knoxville | Ray, MO | (EAX) |
| 5:45 pm | 1.00 | 1 W Stanley | Johnson, KS | Estimated quarter sized hail from spotter... time estimated by radar. (EAX) |
| 5:45 pm | 1.25 | 3 NNW Knoxville | Ray, MO | Social media report. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX) |
| 5:47 pm | 1.25 | 3 NW Knoxville | Ray, MO | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (EAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
890 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; 128 were rated 100% and 16 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 | 460 | 44 | 103 | 2 | 2.25 in | 4:49 am | 6:44 pm |
| KTWX | 199 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 3.50 in | 4:52 am | 6:34 pm |
| KEAX | 172 | 30 | 41 | 4 | 3.75 in | 5:02 am | 6:33 pm |
| KSGF | 56 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3.50 in | 3:40 pm | 6:39 pm |
| KDMX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 5:44 am | 5:52 am |
| KICT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.75 in | 4:21 pm | 4:21 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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