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Storm summary · April 26–27, 2026

April 26–27, 2026: Hail up to 2.5 inches in Cass County, golf-ball hail near Olathe and Shawnee, and four brief tornadoes

Severe storms hit the Kansas City area in waves from the afternoon of Sunday, April 26, 2026, into the morning of Monday, April 27.

By Roof InspectorsUpdated

What happened

Preliminary National Weather Service reports include hail up to 2.5 inches, about tennis-ball size, in southern Cass County Sunday night, and golf-ball-size hail, 1.75 inches, near Shawnee and Olathe around 5:45 a.m. Monday.
When
April 26
Into the morning of April 27
Largest reported hail
2.5 inches
Southern Cass County
Golf-ball hail
1.75 inches
Shawnee and Olathe, 5:45 a.m.
Strongest tornado
EF1
Three EF1s and one EF0

Reported hail sizes

LocationReported hail
Creighton, MO 2.50 ina tennis ball
5 miles S of Garden City, MO 2.50 ina tennis ball
4 miles SW of Shawnee, KS 1.75 ina golf ball
2 miles SW of Olathe, KS 1.75 ina golf ball
2 miles SE of De Soto, KS (mPING) 1.25 ina half dollar
1 mile NW of Olathe, KS (mPING) 1.25 ina half dollar
3 miles N of Clare, KS (mPING) 1.25 ina half dollar
1 mile SE of Piper, KS (mPING) 1.00 ina quarter
2 miles N of Tonganoxie, KS 1.00 ina quarter
2 miles NW of Stanley, KS (mPING) 1.00 ina quarter
Peculiar, MO 1.00 ina quarter
Map of the Kansas City metro with storm report locations markedKANSASMISSOURI3 ENE Lake Waukomis, MO · 3:45 a.m.: damage report2 WSW Bonner Springs, KS · 3:49 a.m.: 58 mph1 SSW Bonner Springs, KS · 3:50 a.m.: 58 mph2 N Pleasant Valley, MO · 3:54 a.m.: damage report2 NNE Lake Waukomis, MO · 3:54 a.m.: 60 mph1 NNW Maywood, KS · 3:58 a.m.: 69 mph1 NE Glenaire, MO · 4:30 a.m.: damage report2 WSW Maywood, MO · 4:33 a.m.: damage reportGlenaire, MO · 4:33 a.m.: damage report3 NE Lake Waukomis, MO · 4:33 a.m.: 66 mph2 N Houston Lake, MO · 4:37 a.m.: damage report2 WNW Lake Winnebago, MO · 5:10 a.m.: damage reportLake Waukomis, MO · 5:30 a.m.: 64 mph4 SSE Gardner, KS · 5:32 a.m.: damage report3 SE Olathe, KS · 5:45 a.m.: damage report2 ESE Gladstone, MO · 5:48 a.m.: damage report2 SSW Overland Park, KS · 5:52 a.m.: damage report2 S Raytown, MO · 5:59 a.m.: damage report2 NNE Lees Summit, MO · 6:06 a.m.: damage reportGreenwood, MO · 6:13 a.m.: damage report1 W Lees Summit, MO · 6:13 a.m.: damage report4 E Greenwood, MO · 6:14 a.m.: damage report4 E Greenwood, MO · 6:21 a.m.: damage report2 ENE Greenwood, MO · 6:21 a.m.: damage report1 S Lone Jack, MO · 6:22 a.m.: damage report1 NNE Tarsney Lakes, MO · 6:27 a.m.: damage report3 E Greenwood, MO · 6:50 a.m.: damage reportKansas City, MOOverland ParkKansas City, KSOlatheIndependenceLee’s SummitShawneeBlue SpringsLenexaLeawoodLibertyRaytownGladstoneGrandviewBeltonGardnerRaymoreParkville4 SW Shawnee, KS · 5:46 a.m.: 1.75 in2 SW Olathe, KS · 5:47 a.m.: 1.75 in2 SE De Soto, KS · 5:33 a.m.: 1.25 in3 N Clare, KS · 5:46 a.m.: 1.25 in1 NW Olathe, KS · 5:56 a.m.: 1.25 in1 SE Piper, KS · 3:55 a.m.: 1 in1 NNW Maywood, KS · 3:58 a.m.: 1 in4 SW Shawnee, KS · 5:41 a.m.: 1 in5 E De Soto, KS · 5:42 a.m.: 1 in3 NW Olathe, KS · 5:43 a.m.: 1 in1 SE Olathe, KS · 5:48 a.m.: 1 in2 NW Stanley, KS · 5:50 a.m.: 1 in1 NW Stanley, KS · 6:05 a.m.: 1 in
Hail (larger dot, larger hail)Wind gust or damagePreliminary NWS storm reports from 4 p.m. Sunday, April 26, to 7 a.m. Monday, April 27, 2026. Locations are approximate. 4 reports fall outside this map.

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Hail in this storm: up to 2.5 inches, golf-ball size near Olathe

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How the storms unfolded

Times are Central Daylight Time and approximate. Many of the storm reports say their times were estimated from radar.

  1. An EF1 tornado with peak winds of 93 mph touched down southeast of Wellsville in Miami County, Kansas, and tracked about 2 miles. Nearby, a storm report described homes damaged and a barn destroyed.
  2. Winds up to 70 mph uprooted large trees and downed power lines, KCUR reported. At 6:19 p.m., Evergy reported 3,618 people without power.
  3. Hail up to 2.5 inches fell south of Garden City and at Creighton in southern Cass County. A social media video showed tennis-ball-size hail near Dayton.
  4. A brief EF1 tornado with peak winds of 105 mph touched down south of Tonganoxie. Quarter-size hail and gusts up to 70 mph followed around Tonganoxie, Piper and Kansas City, Kansas.
  5. The largest hail of the morning fell.

    A spotter southwest of Shawnee reported hail from 3/4 inch to 1 3/4 inches between 5:42 and 5:46 a.m., and 1.75-inch hail was reported southwest of Olathe.

    Two brief tornadoes touched down nearby: an EF0 northeast of Spring Hill at 5:38 a.m. and an EF1 northwest of Bucyrus at 5:45 a.m.

  6. The storms moved east, bringing down trees near Raytown, Lee’s Summit, Greenwood and Lone Jack, where a home just south of the high school had extensive tree damage.

Where the hail fell

The biggest stones fell in southern Cass County late Sunday: 2.5 inches at Creighton and about 5 miles south of Garden City, both from social media reports in the National Weather Service’s preliminary storm reports.

In the suburbs, the hail came before sunrise Monday. Johnson County, Kansas, had the most reports: 1.75 inches southwest of Shawnee and southwest of Olathe, 1.25 inches near De Soto, Olathe and Clare, and quarter-size hail near Stanley.

Quarter-size hail was also reported near Tonganoxie, Piper and Peculiar.

Why one storm can hit neighbors differently

Hail falls in uneven swaths, and these storms came in several rounds over about 14 hours. A home a few miles from a 1.75-inch report may have seen far smaller hail, or none.

What homeowners can do now

If you live in Olathe, Shawnee, De Soto or southern Cass County and haven’t had your roof looked at since April, check your address for recorded hail and consider a professional inspection, especially if you’ve noticed dented gutters or vents, granules in your downspouts, or new leaks.

A storm nearby isn’t the same as damage, and a roof that held up well doesn’t need anything. What hail nearby means for your roof covers what you can safely check from the ground and when an inspection makes sense.

If an inspection does find damage, whether to contact your insurance company is your decision. Many policies have notice requirements, so it helps to review yours.

If you file a claim, even after an inspection, your insurance company decides what’s covered and what it pays. Roof Inspectors and our roofing partners can’t make that decision or promise an outcome.

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