Hail in Barber County, Kansas

Hail April 22, 2025 · Barber County, Kansas

1.75 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Barber County emergency manager sent a picture of gold ball size hail via Slack.

The wider storm

A shortwave trough moved through Kansas and a dryline/boundary set up across central Kansas. Despite only modest instability and deep shear, a cluster of severe storms developed producing severe hail.

Began near (p28)medicine Lodge (37.2700, -98.5500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244140. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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