Kansas · May 6, 2024

Kansas hail map — May 6, 2024

NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 2 Kansas cities on May 6, 2024. The largest stones — 1.00″, quarter size — fell over Salina.

Hail swath map for Salina, KS on May 6, 2024 showing 1.00 inch hail.
Swath over Salina on May 6, 20241.00″ hail. Each city below has its own map for this storm.
Cities hit
2
in Kansas
Largest stone
1.00
quarter size
Impact rating
3/10
from stone size

Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.

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What people on the ground measured in Kansas on May 6, 2024

12 reports filed with the National Weather Service5 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.

  • 4.00 softball size Trained Spotter
    7 NNE Moonlight, KS8:26 PM CDTDickinson County
  • 4.00 softball size Trained Spotter
    7 N Moonlight, KS8:29 PM CDTDickinson County
  • 3.00 baseball size Public
    4 SSW Claflin, KS4:40 PM CDTBarton County

    Delayed report, via image on social media (X).

  • 3.00 baseball size Emergency Mngr
    7 NE Moonlight, KS8:28 PM CDTDickinson County
  • 2.75 baseball size Emergency Mngr
    4 E Riley, KS8:52 PM CDTRiley County
  • 2.50 hen egg size Law Enforcement
    Claflin, KS4:51 PM CDTBarton County

    Corrects time on previous hail report from Claflin.

  • 2.50 hen egg size Law Enforcement
    Claflin, KS5:06 PM CDTBarton County
  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    Claflin, KS4:50 PM CDTBarton County

    Picture messaged to NWS.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    Moonlight, KS8:14 PM CDTDickinson County

    Estimated from social media photo.

  • 2.00 hen egg size Public
    2 NW Keats, KS8:50 PM CDTRiley County

    Social media photo. Radar estimated time.

  • 1.75 golf ball size Emergency Mngr
    Zurich, KS2:38 PM CDTRooks County

    Quarter, Ping Pong and Golf Ball size hail reported in Zurich.

  • 1.75 golf ball size Public
    4 ESE Offerle, KS2:46 PM CDTEdwards County

    Report received from social media.

Showing the 12 largest of 64 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.

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Kansas hail on May 6, 2024

NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 2 Kansas cities that day. The largest stones — 1.00 inches, quarter size — were over Salina. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.

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