Hail in Cottonwood Falls · Sep 19, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" 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 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th 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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 38 /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
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 Sep 19, 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 19, 2026 sits in Cottonwood Falls's hail record.
This was Cottonwood Falls's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Sep 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Cottonwood Falls at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Cottonwood Falls: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Strong City (7 miles north, up to 0.75"); Elmdale (14 miles west, up to 0.5"); Cedar Point (16 miles west, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Cottonwood Falls. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Cottonwood Falls 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.
Potential roof exposure
$924K
Potential roof exposure — 77 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 $16 on top of the $150 plan.
Cottonwood Falls hail history
Other storms in Cottonwood Falls.
Estimated-size surface Sep 13, 2026
0.5"
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
0.5"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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