Hail in Council Grove May 18, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Council Grove this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft893
0
none filedThe 13th 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
- 59 /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
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.
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 May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Council Grove, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Council Grove's hail record
This was Council Grove's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the May 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 13th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Council Grove at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Council Grove: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wilsey (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Burdick (11 miles west, up to 0.75"); Herington (15 miles northwest, up to 2").
These maps are stills from Council Grove's May 18, 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.
$11M
Potential roof exposure — 893 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 4, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
2.5"
Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Apr 17, 2026
0.5"
Apr 13, 2026
1.75"