Hail in Belle Plaine · Apr 25, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 25, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 10th most severe storm Belle Plaine 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 32 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Belle Plaine 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.
Radar signature field The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 25, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Apr 25, 2026 sits in Belle Plaine's hail record.
This was Belle Plaine's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 10th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Belle Plaine at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Belle Plaine: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 52 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wichita (14 miles north, up to 2.5"); Derby (15 miles north, up to 2.5"); Goddard (21 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Belle Plaine 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Belle Plaine for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Belle Plaine roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$444K
Potential roof exposure — 37 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $8 on top of the $150 plan.
Belle Plaine hail history
Other storms in Belle Plaine.
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 11, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface May 31, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Mar 3, 2026
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