Hail in Cottonwood Falls · Sep 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Cottonwood Falls that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Sep 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 12th most severe storm Cottonwood Falls 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
- 25 /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 Cottonwood Falls saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Cottonwood Falls, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Sep 13, 2026 sits in Cottonwood Falls's hail record.
This was Cottonwood Falls's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 38 days after the Aug 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cottonwood Falls at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cottonwood Falls: the same system put hail over 171 other tracked cities, 11 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Elmdale (17 miles northwest, up to 1.5"); Marion (23 miles west, up to 1.5"); Burdick (25 miles northwest, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Cottonwood Falls 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 Cottonwood Falls, 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 Cottonwood Falls 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
$204K
Potential roof exposure — 17 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
September 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $4 on top of the $150 plan.
Cottonwood Falls hail history
Other storms in Cottonwood Falls.
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
3.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
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