Hail in Blue Rapids · May 29, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 17th most severe storm Blue Rapids 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
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Blue Rapids 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.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Blue Rapids's hail record.
This was Blue Rapids's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 17th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Blue Rapids at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Blue Rapids: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Frankfort (5 miles east, up to 1"); Randolph (11 miles southwest, up to 1.75"); Westmoreland (13 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 17 Blue Rapids 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Blue Rapids. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Below the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Blue Rapids 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
Blue Rapids hail history
Other storms in Blue Rapids.
Estimated-size surface Sep 19, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Sep 11, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 9, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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