Wind gust 59 mph
3 NNW Clay Center Clay County
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— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Clay
Hail in Clay Center · Aug 15, 2026
Hit 28 days ago
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" 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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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 144
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Aug 15, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Clay Center has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 2.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
2.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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
Aug 15, 2026 · Clay Center, KS
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
0.75"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 15, 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 15, 2026 sits in Clay Center's hail record.
This was Clay Center's 19th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Clay Center at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Clay Center: the same system put hail over 188 other tracked cities, 46 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Clyde (22 miles northwest, up to 0.75"); Waterville (25 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Clifton (25 miles north, 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
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 reportNear the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Clay Center roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
144 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 144 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 144 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
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 $30 on top of the $150 plan.
Clay Center hail history
Other storms in Clay Center.
19 recorded storm days in Clay Center, KS
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 16, 2026
1 ground report 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 Aug 16, 2026.