Hail in Clay Center · Jun 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 37 hail signatures up to 1.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Jun 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 69 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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
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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Jun 4, 2026 sits in Clay Center's hail record.
This was Clay Center's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the May 29, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clay Center at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clay Center: the same system put hail over 241 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Green (11 miles northeast, up to 1.5"); Wakefield (11 miles south, up to 1"); Morganville (11 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 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
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 Clay Center 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.
High damage potential
What 1.5" hail means for Clay Center 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.
Potential roof exposure
$32M
Potential roof exposure — 2,697 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 13 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$195K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,697 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $566 on top of the $150 plan.
Clay Center hail history
Other storms in Clay Center.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 27, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 14, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 25, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 10, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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