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Hail in Arkansas City · Jun 26, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 88
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jun 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 8th most severe storm Arkansas City has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.6 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.6 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

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

Homes exposed
39 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Arkansas City saw the hail — from two instruments

Jun 26, 2026 · Arkansas City, KS

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 Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Arkansas City, KS on Jun 26, 2026 Radar signature field

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 Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Jun 26, 2026 Estimated size field

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 0.75"

The storm in context

Where Jun 26, 2026 sits in Arkansas City's hail record.

This was Arkansas City's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Arkansas City at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jun 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Arkansas City: the same system put hail over 440 other tracked cities, 49 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Newkirk (12 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Geuda Springs (12 miles west, up to 1.75"); Maple City (12 miles east, up to 1").

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

No reports 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.

For this storm over Arkansas City, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.

High damage potential

What 1.75" hail means for Arkansas City 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.

88 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$1.1M

Potential roof exposure — 88 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

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 $18 on top of the $150 plan.

Arkansas City hail history

17 recorded storm days in Arkansas City, KS
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Sep 12, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Jul 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Jul 11, 2026

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

Jul 4, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Jun 25, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Jun 20, 2026

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

Jun 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Jun 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Jun 17, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / 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 Arkansas City, KS on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

May 29, 2026

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

May 18, 2026

1"
Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on May 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

May 4, 2026

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

Apr 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.5"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Apr 23, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Apr 17, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Arkansas City, KS on Apr 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Apr 3, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Arkansas City, KS on Mar 31, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Arkansas City / KS

Mar 31, 2026

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 Sep 13, 2026.