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. |
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Photos & Video
Radar animation from this event |
Infrared satellite animation from the evening of April 22nd |
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Picture by Sean Monaghen |
Picture by Brian Johnson |
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Storm Reports
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary National Weather Service 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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