Hail in Brownell Feb 18, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 1" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Brownell this day.
1"
≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft7
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Brownell 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 18 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Brownell 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-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 Feb 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Brownell, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Feb 18, 2026 sits in Brownell's hail record
This was Brownell's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Jan 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Brownell at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Feb 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Brownell: the same system put hail over 19 other tracked cities. Nearest: Williamsport (672 miles east, up to 0.75"); Boswell (674 miles east, up to 0.75"); Oxford (684 miles east, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Brownell's Feb 18, 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.
For this storm over Brownell, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 1" hail means for Brownell roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$84K
Potential roof exposure — 7 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Brownell on the live map
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11 recorded storm days in Brownell, KS
Other storms in Brownell
Jun 30, 2026
Jun 20, 2026
1"
Jun 9, 2026
1"
Jun 3, 2026
1.25"
May 31, 2026
0.75"
May 30, 2026
2.75"
May 16, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Apr 25, 2026
1.5"
Jan 9, 2026
0.5"