Hail size 1.25"
1 NW Arkansas City Cowley County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Arkansas City Apr 26, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
104
Ground reports
5
5 hailThe 3rd most severe storm Arkansas City has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.9 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 40 /100
- Ground truth
- 83 /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 Arkansas City 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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0.5"
Where Apr 26, 2026 sits in Arkansas City's hail record
This was Arkansas City's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 3 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Arkansas City at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arkansas City: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 277 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Geuda Springs (9 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Kaw City (19 miles southeast, up to 1.25"); Braman (20 miles southwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Arkansas City's Apr 26, 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.
Hail reports
5 reports Hail size 1.5"
Arkansas City Cowley County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 NW Arkansas City Cowley County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
Arkansas City Cowley County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
4 S Geuda Springs Cowley County
“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Geuda Springs — beyond Arkansas City itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Arkansas City roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$1.2M
Potential roof exposure — 104 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Arkansas City on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Arkansas City storm history — this Apr 26, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Arkansas City hail history
← All hail in Arkansas City 16 recorded storm days in Arkansas City, KS
Other storms in Arkansas City
Jul 11, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
Jun 26, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 25, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 20, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 17, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
1
ground report 
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
May 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1
ground report 
May 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
3.25" Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 3, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 31, 2026
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.