Hail on Date

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.

40spotter hail reports in the metro
4.00 inlargest reported, Paola
890radar hail signatures inside the metro, 128 rated 100%
3.75 inlargest expected size on radar
Map of Kansas City counties with 890 radar hail signatures and 40 spotter hail reports on April 15, 2026 Jackson Clay Platte Cass Ray Clinton Lafayette Johnson Wyandotte Leavenworth Miami 4.00 in, Paola
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 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.

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
3:56 pm1.002 SE MuncieWyandotte, KSMping report. (EAX)
4:17 pm1.001 NW KearneyClay, MO(EAX)
4:32 pm2.50OsawatomieMiami, KSSeveral 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 pm1.501 ENE OsawatomieMiami, KSReport of ping pong sized hail. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:35 pm2.002 NNE OsawatomieMiami, KSSocial media report. Damaged roof of a house. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:37 pm2.754 NNE OsawatomieMiami, KSPhoto from social media shows hail approximately baseball sized. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:38 pm2.753 SW PaolaMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:38 pm2.001 SW PaolaMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:38 pm2.502 W PaolaMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:39 pm3.001 SE PaolaMiami, KS(EAX)
4:40 pm2.501 WSW PaolaMiami, KSMeasured 2.5 inch hail in downtown Paola. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:40 pm4.00PaolaMiami, KSTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:41 pm2.50PaolaMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:41 pm2.501 WSW PaolaMiami, KSTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:44 pm1.751 N PaolaMiami, KSGolf ball size hail at the Paola Golf Club. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:47 pm2.503 SSE HillsdaleMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:47 pm1.001 NW Prairie VillageJohnson, KSHail lasted about ten minutes. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:50 pm2.003 SSE HillsdaleMiami, KSReport relayed via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:50 pm1.003 W LouisburgMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:50 pm1.751 SSW ChilesMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:56 pm1.251 N East LynneCass, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
4:56 pm1.754 N LouisburgMiami, KSSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:02 pm1.00StrasburgCass, MOSocial media report of quarter size hail in the Strasburg area. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:06 pm1.001 SW MaywoodJackson, MOVideo from social media shows estimated quarter sized hail. Time taken from social media and confirmed by radar. (EAX)
5:10 pm1.001 NW IndependenceJackson, MOTime estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:11 pm1.002 NW MerriamWyandotte, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
5:20 pm1.004 SW RaytownJackson, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
5:20 pm1.001 SW Kansas City KansasWyandotte, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
5:24 pm1.002 NNW GlenaireClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:26 pm1.003 NW Oak GroveJackson, MOReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
5:30 pm1.001 E AvondaleClay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:34 pm1.005 ESE ClareJohnson, KSReport relayed via social media. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:35 pm1.751 E Excelsior EstatesRay, MOSocial media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX)
5:41 pm1.002 NE StanleyJohnson, KSMping report. (EAX)
5:41 pm1.253 E LawsonRay, MOTaken from social media. Time estimated by radar. (EAX)
5:43 pm1.001 W StanleyJohnson, KSReport from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)
5:44 pm1.252 NW KnoxvilleRay, MO(EAX)
5:45 pm1.001 W StanleyJohnson, KSEstimated quarter sized hail from spotter... time estimated by radar. (EAX)
5:45 pm1.253 NNW KnoxvilleRay, MOSocial media report. Time confirmed from radar. (EAX)
5:47 pm1.253 NW KnoxvilleRay, MOReport 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.

RadarSignaturesRated 100%1 in or more2 in or moreLargest expectedFirstLast
KMCI4604410322.25 in4:49 am6:44 pm
KTWX199393453.50 in4:52 am6:34 pm
KEAX172304143.75 in5:02 am6:33 pm
KSGF56141543.50 in3:40 pm6:39 pm
KDMX20000.50 in5:44 am5:52 am
KICT11112.75 in4:21 pm4:21 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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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.