The National Weather Service in Topeka said quarter-size hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph (96 kph) were expected across northern Kansas overnight ... sized or God forbid softball-sized, that ...

Kansas City residents were warned earlier ... There were reports of 4-inch hail, nearly softball-size, in the town of ...

The costliest hailstorm happened in April 2001, from eastern Kansas to southwest Illinois ... when a man was killed by softball size hail in Fort Worth, Texas. Hail is formed when very strong ...