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Hail in Abilene · Aug 18, 2026

Hit 25 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Abilene that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 665
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Abilene has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.9 /10
Peak hail signal
38 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
56 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Abilene saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 18, 2026 · Abilene, KS

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Aug 18, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Abilene, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 18, 2026 sits in Abilene's hail record.

This was Abilene's 16th recorded hail day, arriving 5 days after the Aug 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Abilene at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Abilene: the same system put hail over 309 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Junction City (8 miles east, up to 1.5"); Milford (13 miles east, up to 1.5"); Solomon (19 miles west, up to 0.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Abilene storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

1 report filed with the NWS

These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1.25"
8 NNW Moonlight Dickinson County

“(TOP)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Moonlight — beyond Abilene itself.

High damage potential

What 1.5" hail means for Abilene roofs.

Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

665 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$8M

Potential roof exposure — 665 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
3 jobs
Illustrative work
~$45K

Close just 0.5% of the 665 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

August 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $140 on top of the $150 plan.

Abilene hail history

Other storms in Abilene.

16 recorded storm days in Abilene, KS
← All hail in Abilene
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Aug 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Aug 13, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Aug 6, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jul 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jul 4, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jul 3, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jun 13, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jun 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jun 10, 2026

2"
Estimated 2"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Jun 8, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

May 18, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Apr 26, 2026

4"
Signatures 4" Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Apr 23, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Abilene, KS on Mar 5, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Abilene / KS

Mar 5, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 19, 2026.