Hail in Alma · Aug 14, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 16th most severe storm Alma has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Alma saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Alma's hail record.
This was Alma's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the Aug 5, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 16th of the 18 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alma at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alma: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Manhattan (11 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Paxico (18 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Belvue (19 miles northeast, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 18 Alma 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
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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Alma. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Alma roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$408K
Potential roof exposure — 34 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
NEXRAD surface Mar 31, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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