Wind gust 60 mph
1 NW Cedar Vale Chautauqua County
“Time is estimated. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Cedar Vale Jul 4, 2026
Hit 30 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 18 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
76
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 4th most severe storm Cedar Vale has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.8 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Cedar Vale saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
18
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
1"
Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in Cedar Vale's hail record
This was Cedar Vale's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Jun 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cedar Vale at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cedar Vale: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 132 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Sedan (14 miles east, up to 1"); Grenola (17 miles north, up to 2.25"); Maple City (18 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Cedar Vale's Jul 4, 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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 1.75" hail means for Cedar Vale roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$912K
Potential roof exposure — 76 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage. Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Track hail over Cedar Vale on the live map
Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Cedar Vale storm history — this Jul 4, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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Cedar Vale hail history
← All hail in Cedar Vale 11 recorded storm days in Cedar Vale, KS
Other storms in Cedar Vale
Jun 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 29, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
2
ground reports 
Apr 3, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed
A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.