Wichita, Kansas

Weather Forecast Office

April 23rd Landspouts and Large Hail!

Overview

A very dynamic weather pattern setup by the afternoon hours of Thursday April 23rd. Both a cold front and dryline made their way into central Kansas along with very rich moisture.

Storms first developed along the cold front as it sagged into central Kansas. These storms produced very large hail with a few the size of baseballs and softballs, especially across Marion County. As the front became nearly stationary, the storms developing on the front started to produce landspout tornadoes, with several reports across eastern Harvey, southern Marion, northwest Butler and northeast Sedgwick county. These brief tornadoes did not cause any injuries or significant damage.

Further south across northern Oklahoma, storms eventually developed on the dryline with a couple of these storms producing damaging tornadoes. These storms stayed south of the Oklahoma/Kansas state line.

Landspout near Valley Center

Photos & Video
Radar
Storm Reports
Environment

Photos & Video

Landspouts

		Was a little interesting this evening. This was 1 mi south of the Harvey -Sedgwick Co line on Hoover. . It was just to the east of Hoover at this time. ( 7:15 pm 4-23-26) #kswx #NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/MAe4OSUOfX — J Dolen (@DolenImagesPro) April 24, 2026
Landspout tornado southeast of Newton as seen from the north side of Wichita. #kswx pic.twitter.com/I09iu1Yq9L — Thistle King (@thistle_ki35141) April 24, 2026	Tornado looking NE from 125th and Meridian E of Sedgwick #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/NNq2fQHqik — Nicole Loeffler (@chaserchick17) April 23, 2026	DID YOU SEE THEM? Here's another look at the landspouts you captured camera this evening. \| https://t.co/x71kvOuhAx #kwch12 #storm12 #kswx pic.twitter.com/KORI3D4oNj — KWCH 12 News (@KWCH12) April 24, 2026

Large Hail and storm pictures

Incredible shot from Matthew in Marion, KS! Baseball-sized hail—literally next to a baseball for scale. ⚾️🧊 Thank you for sharing and stay safe! #KSwx #YallSquad pic.twitter.com/RBlU70PFNA — YallBot (@OfficialYallbot) April 24, 2026	1” to 1.25” hail in Benton 8:00pm @NWSWichita @JayPraterKAKE @KAKEnews pic.twitter.com/szYYDhdnbL — Tanner Swift (@TannerSwift) April 24, 2026	3.5 inch hail 4 Miles West of Perth, KS @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/zBhDxonWHm — Brandon Copic (@BrandonCopicWx) April 23, 2026
@NWSWichita Looking east from Lyons. pic.twitter.com/ED7QyAAnIc — Sean Straney (@Dale3Dale88) April 23, 2026	[ Thursday 8:26pm] - View from our office looking east toward the airport. #kswx pic.twitter.com/5TqM081xqs — NWS Wichita (@NWSWichita) April 24, 2026	Caption (source)

Radar


Regional radar animation	Radar animation of the supercell that produced very large hail over Marion County

Radar image showing the very small areas of rotation where landspouts were likely occurring	Radar image showing storms along with where surface boundaries were located.

Storm Reports

 

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1230 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0352 PM     Hail             Gypsum                  38.71N 97.43W
04/23/2026  E0.75 Inch       Saline             KS   Trained Spotter



0458 PM     Hail             4 S Durham              38.43N 97.23W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter



0511 PM     Hail             Hillsboro               38.35N 97.20W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter



0516 PM     Hail             4 E Hillsboro           38.35N 97.13W
04/23/2026  E1.75 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter



0521 PM     Hail             8 N Marion              38.46N 97.02W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter



0527 PM     Hail             8 W Lincolnville        38.49N 97.11W
04/23/2026  E1.75 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter



0539 PM     Hail             Lincolnville            38.49N 96.96W
04/23/2026  M1.75 Inch       Marion             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue



0540 PM     Hail             2 SW Marion             38.33N 97.04W
04/23/2026  E1.50 Inch       Marion             KS   Public

            Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
            in.).

0546 PM     Hail             8 SSW Mayfield          37.16N 97.59W
04/23/2026  E2.00 Inch       Sumner             KS   Trained Spotter



0550 PM     Hail             7 SSW Mayfield          37.17N 97.59W
04/23/2026  M3.50 Inch       Sumner             KS   Trained Spotter

            Report with picture came in via social
            media.

0550 PM     Hail             6 SSW Marion            38.28N 97.08W
04/23/2026  E4.00 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter

            Delayed report with time estimated from
            radar. Relayed via emergency manager with
            picture.

0553 PM     Hail             5 S Mayfield            37.20N 97.55W
04/23/2026  E2.50 Inch       Sumner             KS   Storm Chaser



0555 PM     Hail             1 NNE Marion            38.36N 97.01W
04/23/2026  M2.75 Inch       Marion             KS   Emergency Mngr

            Dime to tennis ball sized hail for the last
            10 minutes.

0556 PM     Hail             4 ESE Marion            38.32N 96.95W
04/23/2026  E2.75 Inch       Marion             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue



0608 PM     Hail             4 NNW Cedar Point       38.32N 96.84W
04/23/2026  M1.25 Inch       Chase              KS   Trained Spotter



0613 PM     Hail             3 W Wellington          37.26N 97.46W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Sumner             KS   Trained Spotter

            Delayed report.

0615 PM     Hail             Peabody                 38.17N 97.11W
04/23/2026  E1.50 Inch       Marion             KS   Law Enforcement



0617 PM     Hail             Peabody                 38.17N 97.11W
04/23/2026  M2.25 Inch       Marion             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue



0629 PM     Hail             Florence                38.24N 96.93W
04/23/2026  E1.25 Inch       Marion             KS   Trained Spotter



0640 PM     Landspout        3 NW Burns              38.12N 96.93W
04/23/2026                   Marion             KS   Law Enforcement



0650 PM     Landspout        5 ESE Newton            38.03N 97.26W
04/23/2026                   Harvey             KS   Trained Spotter



0651 PM     Landspout        5 ESE Newton            38.03N 97.25W
04/23/2026                   Harvey             KS   Trained Spotter

            Former NWS Employee reports tornado. Can see
            debris cloud.

0703 PM     Hail             5 E Elbing              38.05N 97.03W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Butler             KS   Law Enforcement



0707 PM     Hail             2 SW Burns              38.07N 96.91W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Butler             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue



0714 PM     Landspout        2 SW Whitewater         37.94N 97.17W
04/23/2026                   Harvey             KS   Trained Spotter

            Retired NWS employee reports landspout.

0715 PM     Hail             Elbing                  38.05N 97.13W
04/23/2026  E2.00 Inch       Butler             KS   Trained Spotter

            Delayed report. Relayed via emergency
            manager with picture.

0716 PM     Hail             Elbing                  38.05N 97.13W
04/23/2026  E0.88 Inch       Butler             KS   Trained Spotter

            Relayed via emergency management.

0720 PM     Landspout        Whitewater              37.96N 97.15W
04/23/2026                   Butler             KS   Trained Spotter



0724 PM     Hail             9 NE Matfield Green     38.22N 96.43W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Chase              KS   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

0728 PM     Landspout        6 NE Valley Center      37.89N 97.28W
04/23/2026                   Sedgwick           KS   Trained Spotter



0755 PM     Hail             5 NNW Benton            37.86N 97.14W
04/23/2026  E1.25 Inch       Butler             KS   Trained Spotter

            Delayed report. Relayed via NWS employee.

0800 PM     Hail             Benton                  37.79N 97.11W
04/23/2026  M1.25 Inch       Butler             KS   Trained Spotter

            Relayed via image from X.

0805 PM     Hail             Benton                  37.79N 97.11W
04/23/2026  E0.88 Inch       Butler             KS   Law Enforcement



0815 PM     Hail             2 SW Madison            38.11N 96.16W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Greenwood          KS   Trained Spotter

            Relayed via Eureka fire.

0815 PM     Hail             Andover                 37.69N 97.14W
04/23/2026  M1.75 Inch       Butler             KS   Broadcast Media



0815 PM     Hail             Andover                 37.69N 97.14W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Butler             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue



0823 PM     Hail             Towanda                 37.80N 97.00W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Butler             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Relayed via emergency manager. Also reported
            street flooding in usual spots.

0823 PM     Hail             2 E Andover             37.69N 97.10W
04/23/2026  E1.00 Inch       Butler             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Relayed via emergency manager.

0834 PM     Hail             Augusta                 37.69N 96.98W
04/23/2026  E0.88 Inch       Butler             KS   Fire Dept/Rescue

            Relayed via emergency manager. Pea to nickel
            size hail covering the ground.

Environment

Additional data such as upper air maps can be found here.

Surface maps


18z Surface map	21z Surface map	00z Surface map

Additional indices


20z MLCAPE	23z MLCAPE


21z 0-6km bulk shear	00z 0-6km bulk shear


21z 0-1km SRH	00z 0-1km SRH


21z 0-3km SRH	00z 0-3km SRH


21z 0-3km CAPE	00z 0-3km CAPE

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