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Hail in Augusta · Aug 7, 2026

Hit 36 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Augusta that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 375

Ground reports 3 3 hail

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 7, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 6th most severe storm Augusta has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.2 / 10

Storm severity score

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

3.2 /10

Peak hail signal: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 52 /100
Ground truth: 50 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Augusta saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 7, 2026 · Augusta, 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.

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Augusta, KS on Aug 7, 2026 — 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"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 7, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Augusta, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in Augusta's hail record.

This was Augusta's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 43 days after the Jun 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Augusta at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 7, 2026 convective day was bigger than Augusta: the same system put hail over 709 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Andover (5 miles west, up to 0.75"); Towanda (14 miles north, up to 0.75"); Whitewater (15 miles north, up to 0.75").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Augusta 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"

Augusta Butler County

1:08 PM UTC

“Very brief hail up to quarter sized in Augusta (exact location unknown). (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 2"

2 NNE Augusta Butler County

1:08 PM UTC

“Several photos of 2 inch hail from the north end of Augusta. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Hail size 1"

2 N Augusta Butler County

1:07 PM UTC

“Report from mPING. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Augusta roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

375 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.5M

Potential roof exposure — 375 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 2 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 375 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

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 $79 on top of the $150 plan.

Augusta hail history

10 recorded storm days in Augusta, KS

← All hail in Augusta

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Augusta, KS on Jun 25, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Augusta / KS

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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 8, 2026.

The 6th most severe storm Augusta has seen in the last 12 months

How Augusta saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Aug 7, 2026 sits in Augusta's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Hail reports

What 0.75" hail means for Augusta roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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