Hail in Blue Rapids · Aug 14, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th 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
- 13 /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
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar signature field NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Blue Rapids's hail record.
This was Blue Rapids's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Blue Rapids at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Blue Rapids: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Frankfort (9 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Randolph (11 miles south, up to 0.75"); Westmoreland (15 miles southeast, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Blue Rapids 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 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 Aug 18, 2026
1.25"
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 29, 2026
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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