Overview
- A line of severe thunderstorms moved from Kansas into Missouri Tuesday evening, generating widespread hail reports across the Kansas City metro.
- The first metro-area hail report came around 5:20 p.m. with quarter-size hail near De Soto in Johnson County, Kansas.
- Around 6:30 p.m., an estimated 4-inch hailstone was reported near Weatherby Lake in Platte County, based on National Weather Service storm reports.
- Additional large hail included golf ball–size near Houston Lake, slightly larger than golf balls near Lake Waukomis, and half-dollar–size near Piper in Wyandotte County.
- Further reports arrived from communities north of the Missouri River and earlier near Bonner Springs, with no detailed damage assessments available as of Tuesday night.