Hail in Kansas City on Sunday, September 6, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 7 hail reports in Kansas City on Sunday, September 6, 2026, between 6:26 pm and 9:58 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 11 counties. The largest was 1.25 inches at Louisburg (Miami, KS) at 9:28 pm. NOAA radar flagged 532 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 156 rated a 100% chance of hail and 117 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Johnson, KS, Leavenworth, KS and Miami, KS, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Bonner Springs 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Potter 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Louisburg 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Paola 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Shawnee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:26 pm | 1.25 | 2 SW Potter | Leavenworth, KS | Delayed social media report. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 6:33 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Bonner Springs | Johnson, KS | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX) |
| 6:36 pm | 1.00 | 2 W Shawnee | Johnson, KS | Social media report and photo of quarter size hail west of Shawnee. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 6:36 pm | 1.00 | 2 SSW Potter | Leavenworth, KS | Social media report of quarter size hail at a property north of Easton. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 6:38 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Bonner Springs | Johnson, KS | Public reported quarter hail. Also receive mPing for quarters in similar area. (EAX) |
| 9:28 pm | 1.25 | Louisburg | Miami, KS | Social media photos showing quarter to half dollar sized hail in Louisburg. Time estimated from radar. (EAX) |
| 9:58 pm | 1.00 | 6 ESE Paola | Miami, KS | (EAX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
532 signatures from 3 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; 156 were rated 100% and 21 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 | 260 | 69 | 42 | 3 | 2.50 in | 1:39 pm | 11:26 pm |
| KEAX | 185 | 59 | 53 | 14 | 3.25 in | 2:41 pm | 11:26 pm |
| KSGF | 87 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2.75 in | 1:37 pm | 10:45 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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