Hail size 1"
2 S Kansas City Jackson County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Kansas City Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
0
Ground reports
3
1 hail · 2 windThe 9th most severe storm Kansas City has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.3 /10
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Kansas City 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
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.
Max size
1"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Kansas City's hail record
This was Kansas City's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Kansas City at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Kansas City: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 31 of them in Missouri. Nearest: Overland Park (11 miles southwest, up to 1"); Independence (15 miles northeast, up to 0"); Bucyrus (16 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Kansas City's Apr 23, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Hail reports
1 reportWind reports
2 reports Wind gust 61 mph
Kansas City Downtown Clay County
“Report from ASOS. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind gust 61 mph
Kansas City Downtown Clay County
“Report from ASOS. (EAX)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Kansas City Downtown — beyond Kansas City itself.
What 1" hail means for Kansas City roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
Track hail over Kansas City on the live map
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Kansas City hail history
← All hail in Kansas City 13 recorded storm days in Kansas City, MO
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Jun 8, 2026
May 31, 2026
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7
ground reports 
May 29, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
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4
ground reports 
Apr 17, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
5
ground reports 
Apr 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
2
ground reports 
Mar 10, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
64
ground reports 
Mar 5, 2026
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.