Hail storm map for April 11, 2026: max 2.00" hail across IA, KS, MO, TX, ~3,394 structures in swath.
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A low hail event swept across IA, KS, MO, TX on April 11, 2026, with MRMS radar measuring stones up to 2.00". An estimated 3,394 structures fell inside the qualifying swath. Kansas took the brunt with ~1,445 structures estimated in the ≥1" footprint. About 89 fell under damaging ≥1.75" hail capable of denting metal and breaking shingles. NOAA logged 15 hail reports and 130 wind reports for the day.
| State | ≥1.00" | ≥1.75" | ≥2.50" |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 1,445 | 87 | 0 |
| Texas | 1,175 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 770 | 2 | 0 |
| Missouri | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Granite Bay | Placer | Trained spotter reported half inch hail and heavy rain with thunderstorms in Granite Bay. |
| 17:04 | 1 W Walnut Creek | Contra Costa | Resident in Walnut Creek reported pea-sized hail via Twitter (X) post. |
| 17:15 | 1 N Natomas | Sacramento | Public reported half inch hail in Folsom from thunderstorms. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:18 | WEST JORDAN | SALT LAKE | A trained spotter reported 0.75 hail. |
| 12:54 | RIVER HGTS | CACHE | Public reported 1.25 hail via MPING near Logan, UT. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:05 | TASCO | SHERIDAN | Quite a bit of hail fell, but not enough to measure for a depth. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:15 | 7 SSE Neihart | Meagher | Pea size hail falling. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:46 | 2 SW Great Divide | Moffat | Mesonet station GDRC2 Great Divide 2SW. |
| 14:18 | 13 SSW Rangely | Rio Blanco | Mesonet station DRAC2 Dragon Road. |
| 14:50 | 15 NW Escalante Forks | Mesa | Mesonet station JCRC2 Jacks Canyon, Grand Jct 21S. |
| 14:53 | 2 NW Montrose | Montrose | ASOS station KMTJ Montrose Rgnl Airport. |
| 15:35 | 4 NNW Haswell | Kiowa | Personal weather station measured a 61 mph wind gust. |
| 16:10 | KIT CARSON | CHEYENNE | Measured by a storm chaser using a handheld anemometer. The strong winds produced 2 miles visibility in blowing dust. |
| 16:14 | KIT CARSON | CHEYENNE | Measured by a Union Pacific Railroad mesonet. |
| 16:39 | FIRSTVIEW | CHEYENNE | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| 16:46 | Meeker | Rio Blanco | ASOS station KEEO Meeker Airport. |
| 16:54 | BURLINGTON | KIT CARSON | Measured at Kit Carson County Airport. |
| 17:11 | STRATTON | KIT CARSON | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| 17:11 | STRATTON | KIT CARSON | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| 17:37 | IDALIA | YUMA | Public report of blowing dust with visibility down to one-half mile caused by an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| 17:38 | BONNY LAKE | YUMA | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| 17:40 | BURLINGTON | KIT CARSON | Measured at Kit Carson County Airport. |
| 17:53 | 2 ESE Craig | Moffat | ASOS station KCAG Craig-Moffat County Airport. |
| 17:56 | 3 ESE Hayden | Routt | AWOS station KHDN Yampa Valley Airport. |
| 17:57 | 13 ENE Buford | Rio Blanco | Mesonet station DHOC2 Dead Horse, Buford 14ENE. |
| 18:00 | HALE BONNY DAM ARPT | YUMA | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:45 | 4 NW Coffee Creek | Fergus | 58 mph convective wind gust. |
| 15:30 | 8 WSW Molt | Stillwater | Mesonet station MTM20 8.4 S Halfbreed Lake Wildlife (MT-MESO). |
| 15:45 | 2 SW Lewistown | Fergus | 52 mph convective wind gust. |
| 16:00 | 1 SSE Livingston | Park | Mesonet station MTLRH Livingston River Hill. |
| 17:10 | WINNETT | PETROLEUM | The Winnett MT-200 DOT site (MTWIN) measured a 64 mph wind gust. |
| 17:29 | 22 SW Fort Smith | Carbon | Mesonet station HBOM8 Hillsboro. |
| 17:30 | MALTA SOUTH DOT | PHILLIPS | The Malta South US-191 DOT site (MTMAL) measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
| 17:41 | 16 N Winnett | Petroleum | Dry Blood Creek station. |
| 18:15 | 4 ESE Wagner | Phillips | Malta W MDA station. |
| 18:15 | 2 WNW Malta | Phillips | Malta Airport station. |
| 18:38 | JORDAN AIRPORT (KJDN) | GARFIELD | The Jordan Airport AWOS site (KJDN) measured a 62 mph wind gust. |
| 18:44 | 14 NNW Hell Creek Rec A | Valley | King Coulee station. |
| 19:00 | 9 ENE Bascom | Rosebud | Mesonet station MTM89 Angela W. |
| 19:00 | 11 SSW The Bentonite Pl | Valley | Triple Crossing Agrimet station. |
| 19:42 | GLASGOW INTL AIRPORT (KGGW) | VALLEY | The Glasgow Airport ASOS site (KGGW) measured a 60 mph wind gust. |
| 19:44 | FT PECK | VALLEY | A trained spotter recorded a 62 mph wind gust on their personal home weather station. |
| 19:50 | FT PECK LAKE HANDAR | MCCONE | The Fort Peck Dam handar site (GGWFP) measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| 20:00 | 2 NW Saint Marie | Valley | Mesonet station MTSTM St. Marie Mt-24 Mp 18.0. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | ETNA | LINCOLN | A 59 mph wind gust was reported to the north of Etna. |
| 12:50 | DANIEL | SUBLETTE | A 59 mph wind gust occurred in the Lee of the Absarokas at the Cottonwood Merna mesonet site. |
| 14:40 | CASPER | NATRONA | A wind gust of 64 mph was recorded along Scenic Drive on the South Side of Casper. |
| 14:55 | EVANSTON | UINTA | A strong thunderstorm brought multiple severe gusts measured by the Evanston-Uinta County Airport - Burns Field ASOS. The first severe gust, which occurred at 1455, was measured at 59mph. This was then followed by a gust to 64mph at 1457, followed by the third and final severe gust to 64mph at 1502 as multiple storms tracked over Evanston, WY. |
| 15:02 | ALMY | UINTA | A strong thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust to 69mph at the N7SHZ Medicine Butt Mountain WY US CWOP site. |
| 15:04 | (LND)HUNT FLD LANDER | FREMONT | A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Lander airport. |
| 15:06 | ATLANTIC CITY | FREMONT | A maximum wind gust of 83 mph was reported along Red Canyon along Highway 28. |
| 15:10 | SPRING VLY | UINTA | A strong thunderstorm produced a severe gust to 66mph at the WYDOT First Divide sensor. |
| 15:16 | RAGEN | UINTA | A strong thunderstorm produced multiple severe wind gusts to 58mph at the WYDOT I80 - Coal Road sensor. |
| 15:20 | MIDWEST | NATRONA | A 58 mph wind gust was recorded to the northwest of Midwest. |
| 15:30 | BUFFALO | JOHNSON | A 63 mph gust was recorded on the south side of Buffalo. A 59 mph wind gust occurred at the Johnson County airport. |
| 15:40 | WAPITI | PARK | A 62 mph wind gust was reported to the southeast of Wapati. |
| 15:42 | 6 WNW Sweetwater Statio | Fremont | Mesonet station KBVR US287 Beaver Rim (DOT). |
| 15:57 | VERNE | UINTA | A strong thunderstorm produced multiple severe wind gusts at the VERNE1 UPR station. The first two severe wind gusts were to 70mph, followed by the third and final gust to 60mph. |
| 16:26 | 20 NE Opal | Sweetwater | Mesonet station KSHC WY372 Shute Creek (DOT). |
| 16:40 | LANDER | FREMONT | A weather station to the northeast of Lander recorded a 67 mph wind gust. |
| 18:46 | 1 W Ucross | Sheridan | Mesonet station WY59 US14 Ucross (DOT). |
| 19:36 | 3 N Banner | Sheridan | Mesonet station WY55 2.9 N Banner (WYDOT). |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:46 | 4 ENE Sharon Springs | Wallace | KKSSHARO30 (WU) site reported a 59 mph gust. |
| 15:48 | OAKLEY | LOGAN | Half mile west of Oakley on County Road A, time estimated. Bin for ground cane storage was moved off its foundation 3 inches, in addition to short round top cover being picked up and set back on a fence. The round top was anchored 18 inches to ground with T-posts. |
| 15:55 | CASTLETON | RENO | A semi truck and trailer were blown over. |
| 16:01 | 8 N Brewster | Thomas | WeatherUnderground site KKSBREW reported the wind gust. |
| 16:05 | CASTLETON | RENO | A semi was blown over near K14 and Parallel Road. A separate vehicle was also damaged. |
| 16:21 | HAVEN | RENO | Power lines were knocked down near the intersection of east Parallel Road and Victory Road. |
| 16:26 | MT HOPE | SEDGWICK | Four power poles were snapped and lines were downed across 295th West and 93rd Street North. |
| 16:31 | MT HOPE | SEDGWICK | A trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph. |
| 16:59 | 8 N Brewster | Thomas | KKBREWS5 (WU) site reported a 56 mph gust. |
| 17:20 | BENTLEY | SEDGWICK | Nickel sized hail was also reported with the estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| 17:30 | VALLEY CENTER | SEDGWICK | A trained spotter estimated up to 60 mph wind gusts. |
| 17:30 | GOODLAND | SHERMAN | A large healthy crabapple tree limb snapped off from outflow winds from thunderstorms that were west of town. |
| 18:09 | KANORADO ARPT | SHERMAN | Sensor kkskanor6 measured the wind gust. |
| 18:20 | DEERHEAD | BARBER | A COOP observer reported a 70 mph wind gust. |
| 19:20 | ST FRANCIS | CHEYENNE | Older shed/barn with tin roof had the roof blown off and roof supports damaged by thunderstorm winds. However the roof was held down by tires and cinder blocks. Measured winds over 70 MPH occurred at local air port about this same time. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 | 1 WNW Mink Creek | Franklin | Mesonet station PC639 Mink Creek. |
| 11:30 | 3 NNW Mink Creek | Franklin | Mesonet station PC362 Oneida Narrows. |
| 11:40 | MONTPELIER | BEAR LAKE | The Sheep Creek Hills mesonet site recorded a 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| 12:00 | NITER | CARIBOU | The mesonet site 1 mile northwest of Niter recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| 13:30 | 7 NNW Idahome | Cassia | Mesonet station 3258 D4 Yale I-84. |
| 13:40 | 8 ENE Conda | Caribou | Mesonet station PC503 Blackfoot River Rd. |
| 14:30 | CLEMENTSVILLE | TETON | The Relay Ridge mesonet site recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| 15:15 | 2 ENE Fort Hall | Bingham | Mesonet station 8436 D5 Fort Hall I-15. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:26 | 2 NE Millbrae | San Mateo | Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 2 NE Millbrae. KSFO reported a peak wind gust (via remarks) of 49 mph (43 knots) at 526 PM. |
| 17:30 | FRANKLIN | SACRAMENTO | Trained spotter reported a small downed tree with thunderstorms in Elk Grove. Nearby wind gusts measured 42 mph. |
| 18:13 | FAIR OAKS PHOENIX AR | SACRAMENTO | California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree blocking all lanes from thunderstorm winds. |
| 18:14 | POLK | SACRAMENTO | California Highway Patrol reported a downed tree from thunderstorm winds. |
| 20:30 | 10 NW El Portal | Mariposa | Mesonet station 280PG Yosemite Pilot Peak. |
| 20:30 | 11 NNW Coalinga | Fresno | Mesonet station PG684 Joaquin Ridge (PGE). |
| 21:00 | Mammoth Mountain Ski Su | Mono | Mesonet station MTH03 1.7 S Mammoth Mountain (MAMMOTH). |
| 22:00 | 1 ENE Mammoth Mountain | Mono | Mesonet station MTH02 1.5 SE Mammoth Mountain (MAMMOTH). |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:56 | 1 E Garden City | Rich | Mesonet station FW8325 Garden City. |
| 11:30 | GRANTSVILLE | TOOELE | A strong thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust to 62mph at the Grantsville South Pacificorp sensor. |
| 12:45 | SALINE | BOX ELDER | A severe thunderstorm wind gust of 61mph was recorded at Hat Island by Mesonet station HATUT. |
| 13:00 | 9 ESE Randlett | Uintah | Mesonet station UCL21 9.1 E Randlett (UTAH CLIMA). |
| 13:50 | 6 NNW La Sal Jct | San Juan | Mesonet station PC188 Hole N The Rock. |
| 13:53 | 16 NW Moab | Grand | ASOS station KCNY 16 NW Moab. |
| 14:27 | 15 SE Naples | Uintah | Mesonet station SFLU1 Yampa Plateau, Naples 14SE. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:47 | 3 SSE Genoa | Douglas | Mesonet station MDNN2 Minden Douglas. |
| 16:06 | 25 SSW Hawthorne | Mineral | Mesonet station ANCNV 14.9 E Bodie (NV DOT). |
| 17:36 | Sweetwater Summit | Lyon | Mesonet station SWWNV Sweetwater Summit (NV DOT). |
| 22:01 | 6 NW Hawthorne | Mineral | Mesonet station WLKNV 6.1 NW Hawthorne (NV DOT). |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:55 | 4 NNE Craig | Holt | Report from personal weather station. Time matches with when the core of the storm passed over the station on radar. |
| 19:55 | 5 NNE Craig | Holt | Report from personal weather station. Time matches with when the core of the storm passed over the station on radar. |
| 20:06 | 6 E Fairfax | Atchison | Report from personal weather station. Time matches with when the core of the storm passed over the station on radar. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15:14 | (FMN)FARMINGTON AIRPORT | SAN JUAN | A nearby virga shower resulted in a brief 59 mph gust at the Four Corners Regional Airport. |
| 16:20 | CLAPHAM | UNION | A line of collapsing thunderstorms resulted in a brief 58 mph gust at a ZiaMet station southwest of Clayton. |
| 16:36 | (CAO)CLAYTON ARPT | UNION | A line of collapsing thunderstorms resulted in a brief 66 mph gust at the Clayton Municipal Airport. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:45 | CASTOLON | BREWSTER | The West Texas Mesonet station 123 1NW Castolon, BBNP Big Bend NP/Brewster measured severe thunderstorm winds, including a gust to 66 mph. |
| 19:43 | MORAN | SHACKELFORD | A delayed report. Tree damage and roof damage from an apparent microburst in the town of Moran. Time estimated from radar. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16:18 | 4 N Bend | Deschutes | Multiple photos of what appears to be a gustnado near the intersection of Highway 20 and Old Bend Redmond Highway. |
| Time | Location | County | Observer comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:21 | FALLS CITY ARPT | RICHARDSON | Fall City, Nebraska Airport ASOS (KFNB) measured wind gust of 68 mph. |