“Corrects location of previous hail report from 9 N Sitka to 8 NW Protection. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Ashland · Jun 16, 2026
Convective day · Jun 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 5th most severe storm Ashland 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Ashland 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 16, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ashland, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 16, 2026 sits in Ashland's hail record.
This was Ashland's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jun 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ashland at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ashland: the same system put hail over 225 other tracked cities, 30 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Gate (17 miles south, up to 2.25"); Buffalo (27 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Laverne (35 miles south, up to 2.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Ashland 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.
Hail reports
2 reports“(DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Protection and Sitka — beyond Ashland itself.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1.25" hail means for Ashland roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$924K
Potential roof exposure — 77 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 $16 on top of the $150 plan.
Ashland hail history
Other storms in Ashland.
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 9, 2026
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