Hail map — September 16, 2023
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 10 cities across 4 states on September 16, 2023. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Kansas City, MO.

Claim your live interactive hail map
Every address in your state at once — three years of NOAA hail swaths drawn on a map you can zoom, filter and actually work.

$79/moall of your state, not one storm day
- The September 16, 2023 swath — and every other storm since 2023 across your state
- GPS door-knocking — pins, photos and who you have already hit
- Jobs, contacts, estimates and invoices included
- An alert the next time your state gets hit
HailTrace charges $229 for this one day, once. $79 here is all of your state, every day.
- States hit
- 4
- Cities hit
- 10
- Largest stone
- 1.00″
- quarter size
- Impact rating
- 3/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA radar, which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
Did hail hit your address?
This page covers your area as a whole. Check your own address to see every storm on record for your roof — the date and the stone size for each one — and we'll email you the full report to keep.
Check my addressFree, and no account needed to look it up. If hail did hit, you'll have the date and the stone size in writing — which is the first thing an adjuster asks for.
States hit on September 16, 2023
Every state where NOAA radar put an inch or more of hail over a city that day, biggest stone first.
Hardest hit on September 16, 2023
What people on the ground measured in the US on September 16, 2023
15 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 11 from trained observers or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Emergency Mngr4 WNW Ozawkie, KS5:03 PM CDTJefferson County
Post Storm info from EM. Time estimated from radar.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Law Enforcement3 WSW Ozawkie, KS5:08 PM CDTJefferson County
Significant damage caused to vehicles and windows relayed by the EM. Delayed report, time estimated radar.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Emergency Mngr3 W Ozawkie, KS5:08 PM CDTJefferson County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained SpotterPlymouth, NE2:35 PM CDTJefferson County
Corrected magnitude to properly reflect size of golf ball sized hail. Quarter to golf ball sized hail.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter5 ENE Bern, KS2:50 PM CDTNemaha County
- 1.75″ golf ball size Law Enforcement2 W Ozawkie, KS5:09 PM CDTJefferson County
K-92 Highway and Valley View Drive.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Emergency Mngr3 W Denison, KS4:38 PM CDTJackson County
Photos shared. Radar estimated time.
- 1.50″ half dollar size Trained Spotter2 NE Wheaton, KS7:20 PM CDTPottawatomie County
Most were around quarter size.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Trained SpotterPlymouth, NE2:35 PM CDTJefferson County
Quarter to golf ball sized hail.
- 1.25″ half dollar size Trained Spotter6 N Hanover, KS3:38 PM CDTWashington County
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained SpotterSabetha, KS3:15 PM CDTNemaha County
Hail covering the ground.
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained SpotterDiller, NE3:32 PM CDTJefferson County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public6 N Holton, KS4:25 PM CDTJackson County
- 1.00″ quarter size Trained Spotter5 E Olsburg, KS5:05 PM CDTPottawatomie County
- 1.00″ quarter size Public1 SSE Lackmans, KS5:35 PM CDTJohnson County
Showing the 15 largest of 47 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Other hail days
US hail on September 16, 2023
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 10 cities across 4 states on September 16, 2023. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Kansas City, MO. Every state hit is listed on this page, and every city under it.