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Hail in Coldwater · Oct 13, 2026

Hit 9 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 2.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Coldwater that day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 389
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 2nd most severe storm Coldwater has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

4.9 /10
Peak hail signal
56 /100

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

Homes exposed
52 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
17 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Coldwater saw the hail — from two instruments

Oct 13, 2026 · Coldwater, 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
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Oct 13, 2026 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 2.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Coldwater, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in Coldwater's hail record.

This was Coldwater's 12th recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Sep 12, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Coldwater at 2.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Coldwater: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Protection (14 miles west, up to 2"); Lake City (19 miles east, up to 2"); Ashland (22 miles west, up to 1.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Coldwater 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.

Hail reports

1 report
Hail size 1.25"
1 N Wilmore Comanche County

“(DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Reports came from Wilmore — beyond Coldwater itself.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Coldwater roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

389 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4.7M

Potential roof exposure — 389 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
2 jobs
Illustrative work
~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 389 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

October 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $82 on top of the $150 plan.

Coldwater hail history

Other storms in Coldwater.

12 recorded storm days in Coldwater, KS
← All hail in Coldwater
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Sep 12, 2026

2.25"
Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Aug 14, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Aug 14, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Aug 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Aug 6, 2026

1.25"
Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Jul 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Jul 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Jul 9, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Coldwater, KS on Jul 3, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Jul 3, 2026

No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Jun 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Jun 3, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

May 18, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Apr 11, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Apr 11, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Coldwater, KS on Mar 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Coldwater / KS

Mar 10, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
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 Oct 14, 2026.