Hail Repair in Prairie Village, KS
Prairie Village set two size records in six months, then logged 18 reports in a day. See the NOAA record and what PDR can fix on your car.
For most of this record, hail near Prairie Village stayed at 2 inches or less. Then the ceiling moved twice in six months. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) logged a 2.5 inch report within 10 miles of the city on September 23, 2023. On March 13, 2024, a 2.75 inch report pushed the mark to baseball size. It is the only baseball size report in Prairie Village's file from 2010 to 2025. Eight weeks after that, May 8, 2024, brought 18 reports in one day. If your car has lived here through the last few years, it has been under the busiest part of the record.
Two records in six months
The 2.5 inch report of September 23, 2023, came alone, the only report near the city that day. The 2.75 inch stone of March 13, 2024, came with six other reports. A 3.5 inch mark was logged that same day for Shawnee, Merriam and Lenexa. It landed outside this circle, so a few miles made the difference.
A stone of 2.75 inches hits hard enough to crack paint or stretch metal on a hood or roof. Not every dent it leaves will do that. The ones that do are the dents to ask about first.
Before September 2023, the biggest size near Prairie Village was 2 inches. Three days hit that size: July 2, 2011, March 27, 2014, and March 6, 2017.
A report here is one hail observation. Whoever saw it gave a size for the largest stone, often by eye. A single storm can account for several reports, so the count runs ahead of the number of storms.
In all, the file holds 147 reports of 1 inch hail or larger, on 41 days. Golf ball size, 1.75 inches and up, accounts for 31 of them, spread over 16 days.
Eighteen reports on May 8, 2024
The busiest golf ball day in the file came less than two months after the record stone. On May 8, 2024, 18 reports came in near Prairie Village, topping out at 2 inches. Fourteen metro cities logged 1 inch hail that day.
The run kept going. On May 19, 2025, another 13 reports arrived, the largest at golf ball size. Then September 16, 2025, added six, the latest 1 inch day here.
Those four golf ball days, from March 2024 to September 2025, brought 44 reports. That is nearly a third of everything in 16 years of data. If your car sat outside through more than one of those days, dents from each can share the same panel. The assessment counts what is there now.
Older busy days do exist. May 26, 2016, and March 6, 2017, each brought nine reports. The difference is that the recent ones came close together.
Spring first, September second
May leads with 44 of the 147 reports, about 30 percent. April has 24, June 23 and March 21. March through May together hold 89 reports, roughly three in five.
September comes next with 18, nearly matching March. Four of Prairie Village's golf ball days fell in September, including the 2.5 inch report of 2023. July has 8, August 6 and October 3.
March deserves more attention here than it usually gets. Three of the 16 golf ball days fell in March: March 27, 2014, March 6, 2017, and March 13, 2024.
So the main window runs March through June, with a second look in September. Hail is a comprehensive claim, not a collision claim, and does insurance cover hail damage explains what that means before you call your carrier.
Prairie Village in northeast Johnson County
Prairie Village sits in northeast Johnson County. Overland Park borders it to the west, and Leawood lies to the south. Kansas City, Missouri, is a short drive east across State Line Road. Within the city, 75th Street runs east to west and Mission Road runs north to south.
Merriam sits to the northwest and shares many of the same storm dates. Fourteen of Merriam's 15 golf ball days match dates in Prairie Village's file.
A driveway on a Prairie Village street works fine as the place for the repair. The crew comes to it.
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The estimate should tell you which dents will not come out, and why. You hear it panel by panel before anything starts. What PDR cannot fix lays out each limit if you want to read it first. After a stone as big as 2.75 inches, cracked paint is the first thing to check for. Call for a free assessment.
Hail within 10 miles of Prairie Village
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center hail reports, retrieved October 7, 2026. The 2025 file is SPC's file for the current year, and it can still be revised. A report is one observation, not one storm.
Hail Repair Questions in Prairie Village
For stone size, yes. The 2.75 inch report that day is the largest in the file and the only one at baseball size. For report count, May 8, 2024, was bigger, with 18 reports topping out at 2 inches. Both days fell in the same spring. If your car was outside for either one, have the roof and hood checked closely.
Sixteen years of reports cannot prove a trend. What the record shows is a heavy recent stretch. From March 2024 to September 2025, four golf ball days brought 44 reports. That is nearly a third of the 147 reports in the whole file. More observers and more phones can push report counts up too, so treat it as a busy run, not a forecast.
If your policy carries comprehensive coverage, hail damage generally falls under it. Hail is a comprehensive claim, not a collision claim. The deductible amount is written into your policy. Your carrier applies it, then decides what repairs it will authorize. Ask your carrier how it wants the claim opened. A panel by panel dent count from the assessment gives you something concrete to bring to that call.
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