Hail size 1"
Derby Sedgwick County
“(ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Derby Apr 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 10 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
Largest hailstone
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature Homes in the hail footprint
8,636
Ground reports
3
3 hailThe 2nd most severe storm Derby 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.
5.0 /10
- Hail size
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 79 /100
- Ground truth
- 50 /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 Derby saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Max size
1.5"
Detections
10
Radar-estimated hail size
Radar-estimated maximum hail size across the swath, modeled from radar aloft. It reflects the biggest stone the storm could support, which may differ from what actually fell.
Max size
0.75"
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Derby's hail record
This was Derby's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Derby at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Derby: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 144 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Rose Hill (5 miles east, up to 1.75"); Mulvane (9 miles southwest, up to 2"); Andover (9 miles northeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills from Derby's Apr 17, 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.
Hail reports
3 reports Hail size 1.75"
Derby Sedgwick County
“Golf ball sized hail sent via mPING. (ICT)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 WNW Rose Hill Sedgwick County
“(ICT)”
— 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
Hail was reported over 16 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Rose Hill — beyond Derby itself.
What 1.5" hail means for Derby 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
$104M
Potential roof exposure — 8,636 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Illustrative jobs
43 jobs
Illustrative work
~$645K
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.
Track hail over Derby on the live map
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Derby hail history
← All hail in Derby 6 recorded storm days in Derby, KS
Other storms in Derby
Jun 25, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 0.75"
1
ground report 
Apr 3, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 5, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Mar 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 2, 2026.