Hail in Clay Center · Aug 14, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Clay Center that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 18th 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 19 /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
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 14, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Clay Center, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Clay Center's hail record.
This was Clay Center's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 18th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clay Center at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clay Center: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Green (11 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Greenleaf (19 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Leonardville (19 miles east, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 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.
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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$96K
Potential roof exposure — 8 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Clay Center hail history
Other storms in Clay Center.
Estimated-size surface Aug 15, 2026
0.75"
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 Jun 4, 2026
1.5"
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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