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— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Baileyville May 16, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft0
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1 windThe 9th most severe storm Baileyville has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Baileyville saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Baileyville's hail record
This was Baileyville's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 23 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 9th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Baileyville at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Baileyville: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Summerfield (9 miles northwest, up to 1"); Beattie (11 miles west, up to 1.75"); Pawnee City (11 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Baileyville's May 16, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 0" hail means for Baileyville roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
Track hail over Baileyville on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Baileyville, KS
Other storms in Baileyville
Jul 4, 2026
1.25"
Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 20, 2026
0.5"
Jun 4, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1.75"
May 17, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Mar 5, 2026
1.75"