Hail in Wichita on Wednesday, September 3, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 14 hail reports in Wichita on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, between 6:44 pm and 8:38 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 2.75 inches at 2 SSE Wichita (Sedgwick County) at 7:40 pm. NOAA radar flagged 409 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 214 rated a 100% chance of hail and 226 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 9 places in Harvey and Sedgwick counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Downtown Wichita 3 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Halstead 3 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Park City 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Haysville 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Maize 1 report, up to 1.25 in
- Moundridge 1 report, up to 2.75 in
- Sedgwick 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Valley Center 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Wichita 1 report, up to 2.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:44 pm | 2.75 | 7 SW Moundridge | Harvey | Relayed via phone. (ICT) |
| 6:58 pm | 2.25 | 5 NW Halstead | Harvey | Golf ball to tennis ball size hail. (ICT) |
| 7:06 pm | 2.50 | Halstead | Harvey | Reported with 60 mph winds. (ICT) |
| 7:16 pm | 1.75 | Sedgwick | Harvey | (ICT) |
| 7:31 pm | 1.75 | Valley Center | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:39 pm | 1.50 | Park City | Sedgwick | Relayed via emergency manager. (ICT) |
| 7:40 pm | 2.75 | 2 SSE Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 7:42 pm | 1.75 | Park City | Sedgwick | KSN news media reported golf ball size hail in Park City. (ICT) |
| 7:50 pm | 1.75 | Halstead | Harvey | Golfball size hail covering most of the ground. (ICT) |
| 8:15 pm | 2.50 | 3 NW Downtown Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 8:17 pm | 1.25 | 2 SE Maize | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 8:22 pm | 2.00 | 3 WNW Downtown Wichita | Sedgwick | Many ping pong ball size hailstones along with a couple of 2 inch hailstones. (ICT) |
| 8:24 pm | 1.75 | 3 SSW Downtown Wichita | Sedgwick | (ICT) |
| 8:38 pm | 1.00 | 3 S Haysville | Sedgwick | Relayed via emergency manager. (ICT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
409 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; 214 were rated 100% and 131 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KICH | 109 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 2.50 in | 6:43 pm | 9:49 pm |
| KVNX | 83 | 55 | 52 | 38 | 4.00 in | 6:43 pm | 9:49 pm |
| KTWX | 73 | 52 | 50 | 36 | 4.00 in | 6:43 pm | 9:06 pm |
| KICT | 61 | 29 | 39 | 26 | 4.00 in | 6:44 pm | 9:45 pm |
| KDDC | 29 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 4.00 in | 6:41 pm | 8:28 pm |
| KTLX | 28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 in | 8:17 pm | 9:52 pm |
| KINX | 26 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2.00 in | 7:49 pm | 9:48 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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