Hail size 1.75"
3 ENE Englewood Clark County
“Public reported golf ball sized hail. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Clark
Hail in Ashland · Aug 6, 2026
Hit 39 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 3" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Ashland that day. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 82
Ground reports 3 3 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Ashland has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 6.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
6.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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
Aug 6, 2026 · Ashland, KS
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
3"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 6, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Ashland, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 6, 2026 sits in Ashland's hail record.
This was Ashland's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Jul 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Ashland at 3" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Ashland: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Gate (17 miles south, up to 2.25"); Protection (28 miles east, up to 0.5"); Plains (36 miles northwest, up to 1.5").
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
3 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 1.5"
4 WNW Acres Clark County
“Public reports ping pong ball sized hail with broken windows. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.5"
4 WNW Acres Clark County
“Public report of ping-pong ball sized hail. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked south at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 41 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Englewood and Acres — beyond Ashland itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Ashland roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
82 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$984K
Potential roof exposure — 82 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $17 on top of the $150 plan.
Ashland hail history
Other storms in Ashland.
8 recorded storm days in Ashland, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
Jul 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
Jun 21, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
Jun 16, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
Jun 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
Jun 1, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
May 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Ashland / KS
May 9, 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 Aug 7, 2026.