Hail in Council Grove · Aug 5, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 1.75" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 3rd 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /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
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.
Radar signature field 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.
Estimated size field Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
The storm in context
Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Council Grove's hail record.
This was Council Grove's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jul 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 22 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Council Grove at 1.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Council Grove: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Allen (9 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Americus (11 miles southeast, up to 3.5"); Emporia (18 miles southeast, up to 3.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 22 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Council Grove. 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.
High damage potential
What 1.75" hail means for Council Grove roofs.
Hail around an inch and a half is capable of cracking shingles, stripping granules, and denting gutters, vents, and siding. Risk is usually greatest near the strongest radar signal, but property-level damage still requires an on-site inspection.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 962 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 5 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$75K
Close just 0.5% of the 962 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 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 $202 on top of the $150 plan.
Council Grove hail history
Other storms in Council Grove.
Estimated-size surface Oct 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Sep 19, 2026
0.75"
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 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 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
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