Tornado Rating unknown
4 SW Dunlap Morris County
“Time estimated by radar. Delayed report from EM on at least 3 homes damaged near Lake Kahola from a tornado. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Council Grove Apr 23, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 34 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
Largest hailstone
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
245
Ground reports
2
2 tornadoThe 2nd most severe storm Council Grove has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
4.8 /10
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 48 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
1.75"
Detections
34
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0.75"
Where Apr 23, 2026 sits in Council Grove's hail record
This was Council Grove's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 17, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Council Grove at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Council Grove: the same system put hail over 703 other tracked cities, 147 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wilsey (9 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Burdick (11 miles west, up to 1.75"); Herington (15 miles northwest, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Council Grove's Apr 23, 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.
Tornado reports
2 reports Tornado Rating unknown
1 W Dunlap Morris County
“Confirmed by photo on social media. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports,
not a radar-measured storm track.
How the storm moved
Reports came from Dunlap — beyond Council Grove itself.
What 1.75" hail means for Council Grove roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
What this storm is worth to a roofer
$2.9M
Potential roof exposure — 245 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K
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.
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Council Grove hail history
← All hail in Council Grove 16 recorded storm days in Council Grove, KS
Other storms in Council Grove
Jul 23, 2026
Jul 9, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 4, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jul 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 13, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 10, 2026
1.75" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 4, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 31, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed 
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
May 18, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 4, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 26, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 17, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 13, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.