Hail 250 in near Gridley, Coffey, KS. Emergency manager relayed photo of estimated tennis ball size hail in Gridley. Time estimated from radar. (TOP)
Geographic Context
This weather event occurred near Emporia (approximately 42 km away) in United States, an area that experiences a range of natural hazards. An estimated 24.6K people live within 50 km of the event location, placing this in the "significant" population impact tier.
Event Assessment
This event is a weather event classified as high severity. Calamity.live has classified it as "high" severity with a severity value of 65. The computed Calamity Score is 40 out of 100, reflecting a moderate-impact event. The primary scoring components are: historical (80), intensity (50), population (40). Data for this event was sourced from spc, one of the 250 scientific monitoring sources aggregated by Calamity.live.
Regional Monitoring Context
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Event Data
| Type | Weather |
| Severity | high |
| Severity Value | 65 |
| Calamity Score | 40 / 100 |
| Confidence | 74% |
| Coordinates | 38.1000, -95.8800 |
| Nearest City | Emporia (42 km) |
| Population Exposed | 24.6K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-06-01T03:52:00.000Z |
| Source | https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| ReportType | hail |
| Speed | 250 |
| Location | Gridley |
| County | Coffey |
| State | KS |
| Comments | Emergency manager relayed photo of estimated tennis ball size hail in Gridley. Time estimated from radar. (TOP) |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | Gridley |
| Iem County | Coffey |
| Iem State | KS |
| Iem Wfo | TOP |
| Iem Remark | Delayed report. Video and pictures on social media from storm chaser. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_38.100_-95.880_1780285920000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1780285920000,"latitude":38.1,"longitude":-95.88}] |
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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 40/100, near Emporia (United States), based on data from spc. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 197 scientific monitoring sources.