Hail in Arkansas City · Jun 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Arkansas City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Arkansas City 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
- 70 /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 Arkansas City saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Arkansas City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 18, 2026 sits in Arkansas City's hail record.
This was Arkansas City's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Arkansas City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arkansas City: the same system put hail over 221 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Geuda Springs (12 miles west, up to 1"); Maple City (12 miles east, up to 0.75"); Dexter (14 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Arkansas City 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Arkansas City. 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Arkansas City 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
$38M
Potential roof exposure — 3,170 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 16 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$240K
Close just 0.5% of the 3,170 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $666 on top of the $150 plan.
Arkansas City hail history
Other storms in Arkansas City.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 20, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
3.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
2.25"
NEXRAD surface Mar 31, 2026
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