Hail in Overland Park · May 31, 2026
Convective day · May 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 6th most severe storm Overland Park has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Overland Park saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar signature field NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 31, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 31, 2026 sits in Overland Park's hail record.
This was Overland Park's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Overland Park at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Overland Park: the same system put hail over 637 other tracked cities, 89 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Kansas City (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Grandview (11 miles east, up to 0"); Lees Summit (16 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 6 Overland Park storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.
Ground reports
What people on the ground reported
These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Overland Park. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Overland Park roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Overland Park hail history
Other storms in Overland Park.
Estimated-size surface Aug 21, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
1.25"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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