Hail in Council Grove · Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 1 hail signature up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Apr 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 19th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 18 /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 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
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 19th of the 20 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: Allen (13 miles east, up to 1.5"); Strong City (21 miles south, up to 2"); Americus (21 miles southeast, up to 1.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 Council Grove 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.
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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Council Grove 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
$84K
Potential roof exposure — 7 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $1 on top of the $150 plan.
Council Grove hail history
Other storms in Council Grove.
Estimated-size surface Sep 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Aug 6, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 5, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 23, 2026
Estimated-size surface Jul 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
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