Wind gust 63 mph
1 ENE Clay Center Clay County
“CWOP station. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Ottawa
Hail in Clay Center · May 16, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0" ≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 0
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · May 16, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 21st most severe storm Clay Center has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 0.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
0.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Clay Center saw the hail — from two instruments
May 16, 2026 · Clay Center, 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
0"
Detections
0
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
0"
The storm in context
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Clay Center's hail record.
This was Clay Center's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the May 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 21st of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clay Center at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clay Center: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Clifton (14 miles north, up to 1.75"); Green (15 miles northeast, up to 0"); Miltonvale (16 miles west, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 21 Clay Center 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.
Wind reports
1 reportBelow the severe threshold
What 0" hail means for Clay Center roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Clay Center hail history
Other storms in Clay Center.
21 recorded storm days in Clay Center, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Sep 19, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Sep 12, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Aug 15, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Aug 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Aug 6, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Jul 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Jul 27, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Jul 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Jun 13, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Jun 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Jun 4, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
May 29, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
May 18, 2026
3.5" Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
7 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
May 14, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Apr 26, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Apr 25, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Apr 10, 2026
0.75" Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Mar 6, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Clay Center / KS
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 Sep 20, 2026.