Hail in Council Grove · Oct 13, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Council Grove that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Oct 13, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 47 /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
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.
Estimated size field 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 Oct 13, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Council Grove, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Oct 13, 2026 sits in Council Grove's hail record.
This was Council Grove's 22nd recorded hail day, arriving 24 days after the Sep 19, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 15th of the 22 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Council Grove at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Oct 13, 2026 convective day was bigger than Council Grove: the same system put hail over 183 other tracked cities, 57 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Admire (13 miles east, up to 0.5"); Emporia (18 miles southeast, up to 0.5"); Hartford (28 miles southeast, up to 0.5").
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.
Near the severe threshold
What 0.75" hail means for Council Grove roofs.
A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$2.5M
Potential roof exposure — 212 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 1 job
- Illustrative work
- ~$15K
Close just 0.5% of the 212 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
October 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around October 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 $45 on top of the $150 plan.
Council Grove hail history
Other storms in Council Grove.
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 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 17, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 13, 2026
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