Tornado Rating unknown
3 SSE Circleville Jackson County
“Damage to home... barn... and trees. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Jackson
Hail in Circleville · May 18, 2026
NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm. The ground reports below show where it was filed.
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Peak hail signal 1.5" ≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 242
Ground reports 1 1 tornado
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Circleville has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
3.9 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Circleville saw the hail — from two instruments
May 18, 2026 · Circleville, KS
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1.5"
Detections
12
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
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.
Max size
1"
The storm in context
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Circleville's hail record.
This was Circleville's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 8 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Circleville at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Circleville: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Goff (7 miles north, up to 1.5"); Wetmore (7 miles north, up to 1"); Soldier (8 miles west, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 8 Circleville 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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.
Tornado reports
1 reportHigh damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Circleville roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
242 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$2.9M
Potential roof exposure — 242 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 242 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
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 $51 on top of the $150 plan.
Circleville hail history
Other storms in Circleville.
8 recorded storm days in Circleville, KS
Map unavailable
NEXRAD surface Storm date Circleville / KS
Aug 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Circleville / KS
Aug 14, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Circleville / KS
Jun 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Circleville / KS
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Circleville / KS
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Circleville / KS
May 15, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Circleville / KS
Apr 26, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 19, 2026.