April 24th 2016 very large hail & brief tornadoes

Overview

Storms developed during the afternoon hours of April 24th over central Kansas. The strongest storms produced numerous reports of up to baseball size hail with one supercell spawning two brief tornadoes in Ellsworth and northern Saline county. These tornadoes did not cause any damage. Saline county was hit particularly hard with a few episodes of baseball size hail along with heavy rainfall.

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Photos & Video:

Baseball hail tracking along & north of I-70.#kswx @nwstopeka pic.twitter.com/HBZUsZuuA7 — Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) April 24, 2016	Golf balls and tennis balls on I70 mm 254. #KSwx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/waIrDh8nx9 — Nicholas Stewart (@NickStewartKHQA) April 24, 2016	Baseball hail breaking windows on I-70.west of Solomon KS #kswx @NWStornado pic.twitter.com/2fCv7NXQAE — Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) April 24, 2016
Picture of large hail that fell along I-70 west of Solomon. Picture from Jeff Piotrowski via twitter.	Hail that fell along I-70 near MM 254. Picture from Nicholas Stewart via twitter. (@NickStewartKHQA)

9:10pm - Hail 4 miles NW of Marquette. Been hailing for approx. 30 minutes. Ground is covered. #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/ls8KsgmIND — Mike Rose (@SaxmanTDS) April 25, 2016	Kansas storms! Chasing in Ellsworth and Saline Countries! @JimCantore @KWCHRoss @NWSWichita @CirrusWx @wxwatchersks pic.twitter.com/NkS3xKyrZI — JakeMoneyAutomotive (@jacobfinefuk) April 25, 2016	2.18 inch hail 2 miles north of Lindsborg, KS found on ground at 22:28 CDT @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/O9sROxYWbV — David Ewoldt (@OKWeatherWatch) April 25, 2016
Large hail 4 miles NW of Marquette. Picture taken by Mike Rose (@SaxmanTDS) via twitter.	Large hail that fell in Salina. Picture taken by Eddie Contreras.		Picture taken 5 miles southwest of Ellsworth. Taken by Jaclyn Ritzman

Hail yes! @NWSWichita @NWSTopeka @RyanDavidsonWX @WunderCave @SarahDillingham 2 East of Salina pic.twitter.com/jNj6YyoA4f — Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) April 24, 2016
		Wichita NWS Skycam view of storms that produced large hail over southern Salina and northern McPherson counties.

Radar:


Storms developing and lifting northeast around 4 pm.	Supercell that produced the two brief tornadoes. Radar loop around 4:45 pm	Additional storms developing over southern Saline and northern McPherson county around 8:15 pm

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