Hail in Blue Rapids · Sep 11, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Blue Rapids that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 11, 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
- 29 /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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 11, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Blue Rapids, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 11, 2026 sits in Blue Rapids's hail record.
This was Blue Rapids's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Aug 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Blue Rapids at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 11, 2026 convective day was bigger than Blue Rapids: the same system put hail over 322 other tracked cities, 5 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Waterville (6 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Washington (29 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Hollenberg (34 miles northwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Blue Rapids. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$312K
Potential roof exposure — 26 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $5 on top of the $150 plan.
Blue Rapids hail history
Other storms in Blue Rapids.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1"
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 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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