Hail in Wichita on Thursday, April 23, 2026
The Storm Prediction Center logged 12 hail reports in Wichita on Thursday, April 23, 2026, between 5:46 pm and 8:23 pm CDT, in 2 of the metro's 4 counties. The largest was 3.50 inches at 7 SSW Mayfield (Sumner County) at 5:50 pm. NOAA radar flagged 535 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 236 rated a 100% chance of hail and 229 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 7 places in Butler and Sumner counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Mayfield 3 reports, up to 3.50 in
- Andover 2 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Benton 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Elbing 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Burns 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Towanda 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Wellington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:46 pm | 2.00 | 8 SSW Mayfield | Sumner | (ICT) |
| 5:50 pm | 3.50 | 7 SSW Mayfield | Sumner | Report with picture came in via social media. (ICT) |
| 5:53 pm | 2.50 | 5 S Mayfield | Sumner | (ICT) |
| 6:13 pm | 1.00 | 3 W Wellington | Sumner | Delayed report. (ICT) |
| 7:03 pm | 1.00 | 5 E Elbing | Butler | (ICT) |
| 7:07 pm | 1.00 | 2 SW Burns | Butler | (ICT) |
| 7:15 pm | 2.00 | Elbing | Butler | Delayed report. Relayed via emergency manager with picture. (ICT) |
| 7:55 pm | 1.25 | 5 NNW Benton | Butler | Delayed report. Relayed via NWS employee. (ICT) |
| 8:00 pm | 1.25 | Benton | Butler | Relayed via image from X. (ICT) |
| 8:15 pm | 1.00 | Andover | Butler | (ICT) |
| 8:23 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Andover | Butler | Relayed via emergency manager. (ICT) |
| 8:23 pm | 1.00 | Towanda | Butler | Relayed via emergency manager. Also reported street flooding in usual spots. (ICT) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
535 signatures from 8 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; 236 were rated 100% and 38 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 | 254 | 101 | 106 | 11 | 2.50 in | 3:58 pm | 9:16 pm |
| KVNX | 88 | 45 | 38 | 10 | 2.50 in | 4:02 pm | 9:09 pm |
| KICT | 86 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 3.50 in | 4:03 pm | 9:13 pm |
| KINX | 50 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2.00 in | 5:25 pm | 9:09 pm |
| KTLX | 29 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2.00 in | 5:24 pm | 6:50 pm |
| KDDC | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1.75 in | 4:05 pm | 6:10 pm |
| KTWX | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in | 4:02 pm | 6:11 pm |
| KEAX | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1.50 in | 8:03 pm | 8:52 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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