Hail in Claflin May 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 1.5" aloft.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · radar-estimated size aloft797
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Claflin 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 58 /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 Claflin 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.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
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.
Where May 17, 2026 sits in Claflin's hail record
This was Claflin's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Claflin at 1.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Claflin: the same system put hail over 894 other tracked cities, 134 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Ellinwood (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Hoisington (11 miles northwest, up to 2.5"); Holyrood (11 miles northeast, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Claflin's May 17, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Claflin. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.5" hail means for Claflin 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.
$9.6M
Potential roof exposure — 797 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Claflin on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Claflin, KS
Other storms in Claflin
Jul 9, 2026
1"
Jun 13, 2026
1.5"
Jun 10, 2026
1.25"
May 30, 2026
1.25"
May 29, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
1.25"
Apr 9, 2026
1.75"