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Severe thunderstorms in Missouri, Kansas bring golf-ball-sized to 4-inch hail
Severe storms caused widespread hail damage with stones up to 4 inches in diameter, hitting multiple counties and damaging vehicles across the Kansas City metro.
- On Tuesday, March 10, the National Weather Service reported up to four-inch hail in the Kansas City metro, including at Weatherby Lake in Platte County, as KCTV documented resident reports.
- Severe thunderstorms moving across Kansas and Missouri Tuesday evening strengthened and tracked northeast, producing intense hail cores with very large hailstones.
- Across the metro, reports showed hail from one inch in Bonner Springs, Kansas, to 3.25 inches in Parkville, with two-inch hail in Platte County and half-dollar-size hail near Piper in Wyandotte County.
- Many cars in Kansas and Missouri suffered broken windshields after Tuesday’s hail, and multiple tornado warnings were issued for metro counties including Clay, Jackson, Carroll and Ray, according to local reports.
- Around 5:20 p.m., the first metro hail report arrived when quarter-size hail was reported near De Soto, Kansas, in Johnson County, and social media photos shared with the National Weather Service showed hailstones roughly the size of grapefruits.
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