Hail in Council Grove Apr 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature7
0
none filedThe 15th most severe storm Council Grove has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 18 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Council Grove saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Council Grove's hail record
This was Council Grove's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Apr 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Council Grove at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Council Grove: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 144 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Strong City (15 miles south, up to 2"); Americus (20 miles east, up to 1.5"); Cottonwood Falls (21 miles south, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Council Grove's Apr 17, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Council Grove. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.5" hail means for Council Grove roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$84K
Potential roof exposure — 7 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Council Grove on the live map
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16 recorded storm days in Council Grove, KS
Other storms in Council Grove
Jul 23, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
1"
Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 13, 2026
1.75"
Jun 10, 2026
1.75"
Jun 8, 2026
1"
Jun 4, 2026
1.25"
May 31, 2026
1.75"
May 30, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
0.5"
May 4, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Apr 13, 2026
1.75"