Hail size 1"
Conway Springs Sumner County
“Dimes with some quarters. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Sumner
Hail in Conway Springs · May 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Conway Springs that day. At 2" — 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" ≈ tennis ball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 2,188
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · May 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Conway Springs has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.2 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.2 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 50 /100
- Homes exposed
- 67 /100
- Ground truth
- 33 /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 Conway Springs saw the hail — from two instruments
May 18, 2026 · Conway Springs, 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
2"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Conway Springs, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Conway Springs's hail record.
This was Conway Springs's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 31 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 12 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Conway Springs at 2" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Conway Springs: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Mayfield (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Clearwater (9 miles northeast, up to 1"); Viola (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 12 Conway Springs 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
2 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.
Hail reports
1 reportWind reports
1 report Wind gust 65 mph
Conway Springs Sumner County
“(ICT)”
— 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.
Hail was reported over 27 minutes, from to .
Severe hail signal
What 2" hail means for Conway Springs 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.
2,188 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$26M
Potential roof exposure — 2,188 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 11 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$165K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,188 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $459 on top of the $150 plan.
Conway Springs hail history
Other storms in Conway Springs.
12 recorded storm days in Conway Springs, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Sep 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Aug 22, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Aug 21, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Aug 6, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Jul 9, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Jun 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Jun 18, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
May 31, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
May 30, 2026
2" Signatures 2" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Apr 17, 2026
2.25" Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.5"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Conway Springs / KS
Mar 10, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
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 16, 2026.