Hail in Bunker Hill · May 29, 2026
Convective day · May 29, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd most severe storm Bunker Hill 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 21 /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 Bunker Hill saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
The storm in context
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Bunker Hill's hail record.
This was Bunker Hill's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Bunker Hill at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Bunker Hill: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Dorrance (15 miles south, up to 1"); Russell (15 miles south, up to 1"); Wilson (15 miles southeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Bunker Hill 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 Bunker Hill 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Bunker Hill roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$120K
Potential roof exposure — 10 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Bunker Hill hail history
Other storms in Bunker Hill.
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
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