Hail in Cedar Vale · Jun 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cedar Vale that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th most severe storm Cedar Vale 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
- 48 /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 Cedar Vale 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 Jun 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cedar Vale, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 18, 2026 sits in Cedar Vale's hail record.
This was Cedar Vale's 9th recorded hail day, arriving 19 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Vale at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Vale: the same system put hail over 221 other tracked cities, 42 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Sedan (13 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Moline (15 miles north, up to 0.5"); Dexter (19 miles west, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Cedar Vale 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 Cedar Vale. 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Cedar Vale 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
$3.2M
Potential roof exposure — 265 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 265 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $56 on top of the $150 plan.
Cedar Vale hail history
Other storms in Cedar Vale.
Estimated-size surface Aug 20, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
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