April 22nd Large Hail Event!

Wichita, Kansas

Weather Forecast Office

April 22nd Large Hail Event!

Overview

Storms erupted along a stationary front during the early evening hours of April 22nd from south central Kansas into western Oklahoma. With plenty of instability and shear, storms quickly became severe as they tracked off to the northeast. We received numerous reports of golf ball size hail with hail up to tennis ball size reported in Reno County.

Picture by Sean Monaghen

Photos & Video
Storm Reports

Photos & Video

Radar animation from this event

Infrared satellite animation from the evening of April 22nd

Picture by Sean Monaghen

Picture by Brian Johnson

At 10:35pm we have hail ½" in diameter near Iron and Ohio in salina ks. Report by a trained spotter cc — Tony Foster (@wonder_nerd)	Drake Valle captured this giant a few miles southeast of Burrton, KS — KAKE News (@KAKEnews)	— Weston Stone-Tallman (@StoneTallman)
Hail just ended a couple minutes ago in Hesston. — A. Swartzendruber (@SwartzendruberA)	View from western butler county last night! These were some awesome storms to watch — seaveyalexis (@AlexisS80900)	Hail in New Cambria from David Sharp — Ross Janssen (@KWCHRoss)

h Hail in New Cambria from David Sharp — Ross Janssen (@KWCHRoss)	Golf ball size hail 1 S of Haven, KS. — Kansas Weather Guy (@ks_weather_guy)	Hail in Haven — Ross Janssen (@KWCHRoss)
Current view 1 N of Halstead, KS looking off to the southwest. — Kansas Weather Guy (@ks_weather_guy)	Photos that my friend tia cannedy took in newton Ks from last nights storm! She did give permission to post here 馃枻 — Samantha Burris (@Shyler_Burris)

Storm Reports


Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
博体育 Wichita KS
506 AM CDT Wed Apr 23 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0728 PM     Hail             6 SE Penalosa           37.65N 98.26W
04/22/2025  E1.50 Inch       Kingman            KS   Storm Chaser



0751 PM     Hail             5 NW Kingman            37.70N 98.18W
04/22/2025  E1.50 Inch       Kingman            KS   Broadcast Media

            Courtesy of KAKE TV.

0752 PM     Hail             Nashville               37.44N 98.42W
04/22/2025  E1.00 Inch       Kingman            KS   Broadcast Media

            courtesy of KWCH.

0752 PM     Hail             Pretty Prairie          37.78N 98.02W
04/22/2025  E2.50 Inch       Reno               KS   Broadcast Media

            courtesy of KWCH.

0803 PM     Hail             6 N Mt Vernon           37.80N 97.86W
04/22/2025  E1.50 Inch       Reno               KS   Trained Spotter



0807 PM     Hail             Zenda                   37.45N 98.28W
04/22/2025  E0.75 Inch       Kingman            KS   Public



0809 PM     Hail             2 S Glendale            38.87N 97.87W
04/22/2025  E1.00 Inch       Saline             KS   Trained Spotter



0815 PM     Hail             1 S Haven               37.89N 97.78W
04/22/2025  E1.75 Inch       Reno               KS   Public



0819 PM     Hail             1 N Glendale            38.91N 97.87W
04/22/2025  E1.25 Inch       Saline             KS   Trained Spotter



0820 PM     Hail             Brookville              38.77N 97.87W
04/22/2025  E1.25 Inch       Saline             KS   Trained Spotter



0830 PM     Hail             Haven                   37.90N 97.78W
04/22/2025  E1.50 Inch       Reno               KS   Broadcast Media

            courtesy of KWCH.

0838 PM     Hail             Halstead                38.00N 97.51W
04/22/2025  E1.25 Inch       Harvey             KS   Public

            Received via social media.

0838 PM     Hail             New Cambria             38.88N 97.51W
04/22/2025  E2.00 Inch       Saline             KS   Broadcast Media

            Courtesy of KAKE.

0838 PM     Hail             New Cambria             38.88N 97.51W
04/22/2025  E1.75 Inch       Saline             KS   Broadcast Media

            courtesy of KWCH.

0847 PM     Hail             4 SW Hesston            38.09N 97.46W
04/22/2025  E1.00 Inch       Harvey             KS   Public

            received through mPING.

0852 PM     Hail             3 NW North Newton       38.10N 97.39W
04/22/2025  E1.75 Inch       Harvey             KS   Public



0901 PM     Hail             4 S Smolan              38.68N 97.71W
04/22/2025  E0.88 Inch       Saline             KS   Public

            received through mPING.

0905 PM     Hail             Hesston                 38.14N 97.43W
04/22/2025  E1.25 Inch       Harvey             KS   Public



0915 PM     Hail             Lindsborg               38.57N 97.67W
04/22/2025  E0.88 Inch       McPherson          KS   Public



0923 PM     Hail             1 NW Lindsborg          38.58N 97.68W
04/22/2025  E1.50 Inch       McPherson          KS   Public

            Received through mPING).

0950 PM     Hail             1 WSW Bridgeport        38.63N 97.62W
04/22/2025  E1.00 Inch       Saline             KS   Trained Spotter

            hail covering I-135, making it very
            slippery.

1038 PM     Hail             2 S Salina              38.79N 97.62W
04/22/2025  E1.00 Inch       Saline             KS   Public



1042 PM     Hail             2 SSW Salina            38.79N 97.63W
04/22/2025  E1.25 Inch       Saline             KS   Public

            .

1045 PM     Hail             2 SE Salina             38.79N 97.59W
04/22/2025  M1.25 Inch       Saline             KS   Public



1050 PM     Hail             2 SE Salina             38.80N 97.59W
04/22/2025  M1.50 Inch       Saline             KS   Public

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