Hail in Alta Vista May 17, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 15th most severe storm Alta Vista has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Alta Vista saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 17, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Alta Vista's hail record
This was Alta Vista's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the May 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Alta Vista at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Alta Vista: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 134 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Eskridge (17 miles east, up to 0"); Wilsey (19 miles southwest, up to 0"); Manhattan (20 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Alta Vista's May 17, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Alta Vista. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1" hail means for Alta Vista roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
Track hail over Alta Vista on the live map
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16 recorded storm days in Alta Vista, KS
Other storms in Alta Vista
Jul 23, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026
2.25"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 13, 2026
2.25"
Jun 8, 2026
1"
May 31, 2026
1.75"
May 30, 2026
1.75"
May 29, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1.75"
May 4, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Mar 6, 2026
2.75"
Mar 5, 2026
2.5"