Hail in Claflin May 29, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature105
0
none filedThe 8th 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 41 /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
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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Claflin's hail record
This was Claflin's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Claflin at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Claflin: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Ellinwood (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Holyrood (11 miles northeast, up to 0.5"); Great Bend (15 miles southwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Claflin's May 29, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Claflin 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.
What 1" hail means for Claflin roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$1.3M
Potential roof exposure — 105 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 18, 2026
1"
May 17, 2026
1.5"
Apr 26, 2026
1.25"
Apr 9, 2026
1.75"