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Hail in Clay Center · Jul 3, 2026

NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.75" ≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 2,616
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · Jul 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 4th most severe storm Clay Center has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.3 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.3 /10
Peak hail signal
44 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
68 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Clay Center saw the hail — from two instruments

Jul 3, 2026 · Clay Center, KS

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 Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Clay Center, KS on Jul 3, 2026 Radar signature field

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.

Max size 1.75" Detections 0
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1"

The storm in context

Where Jul 3, 2026 sits in Clay Center's hail record.

This was Clay Center's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 20 days after the Jun 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 21 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clay Center at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Jul 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clay Center: the same system put hail over 1,885 other tracked cities, 175 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Longford (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Wakefield (11 miles southeast, up to 0"); Clifton (14 miles north, up to 1.5").

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

No reports 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.

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 1.75" 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.

2,616 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$31M

Potential roof exposure — 2,616 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 2,616 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

July 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $549 on top of the $150 plan.

Clay Center hail history

Other storms in Clay Center.

21 recorded storm days in Clay Center, KS
← All hail in Clay Center
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Sep 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Sep 19, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Sep 12, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Aug 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Aug 15, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Aug 14, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Aug 6, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Clay Center, KS on Jul 30, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Jul 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Jul 27, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Jul 27, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Jun 13, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Jun 4, 2026 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 →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on May 29, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

May 29, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

May 18, 2026

3.5"
Signatures 3.5" Estimated 2"
7 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on May 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

May 17, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on May 16, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

May 16, 2026

1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on May 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

May 14, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Apr 26, 2026

1"
Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Apr 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Apr 25, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Apr 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Clay Center / KS

Apr 10, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Mar 6, 2026 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 →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Clay Center, KS on Mar 5, 2026 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.