Hail in Clay Center Apr 10, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature9
0
none filedThe 14th most severe storm Clay Center 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 20 /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 Clay Center 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 — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where Apr 10, 2026 sits in Clay Center's hail record
This was Clay Center's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 35 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clay Center at 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 10, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clay Center: the same system put hail over 79 other tracked cities, 22 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Leonardville (14 miles east, up to 0"); Riley (19 miles east, up to 0"); Concordia (28 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Clay Center's Apr 10, 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.
For this storm over Clay Center, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
What 0.75" hail means for Clay Center roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$108K
Potential roof exposure — 9 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Clay Center on the live map
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16 recorded storm days in Clay Center, KS
Other storms in Clay Center
Jul 30, 2026
1"
Jul 27, 2026
1"
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 13, 2026
1.5"
Jun 8, 2026
1"
Jun 4, 2026
1.5"
May 29, 2026
1.75"
May 18, 2026
3.5"
May 17, 2026
1"
May 16, 2026
May 14, 2026
2.5"
Apr 26, 2026
1"
Apr 25, 2026
1.75"
Mar 6, 2026
1.25"
Mar 5, 2026
1"