Hail size 1"
5 ESE Ft. Dodge Ford County
“Report received through social media. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Ford
Hail in Dodge City · Jun 20, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 3" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dodge City that day. At 3" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 3" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 14,380
Ground reports 4 3 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only
Convective day · Jun 20, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Dodge City has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 7.6 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
7.6 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 75 /100
- Homes exposed
- 83 /100
- Ground truth
- 67 /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 Dodge City saw the hail — from two instruments
Jun 20, 2026 · Dodge City, KS
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Max size
3"
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Jun 20, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Dodge City, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Jun 20, 2026 sits in Dodge City's hail record.
This was Dodge City's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 11 days after the Jun 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dodge City at 3" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Jun 20, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dodge City: the same system put hail over 298 other tracked cities, 121 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wright (9 miles northeast, up to 2.75"); Ensign (13 miles southwest, up to 2.75"); Jetmore (17 miles north, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Dodge City 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
4 reports filed with the NWS
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"
5 SW Howell Gray County
“Report received through social media with pictures. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
1 N Dodge City Ford County
“(DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Wind reports
1 report Wind gust 58 mph
3 ENE Dodge City Ford County
“ASOS station KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Storm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
The storm tracked southeast at roughly 10 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 63 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Ft. Dodge and Howell — beyond Dodge City itself.
Severe hail signal
What 3" hail means for Dodge City roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
14,380 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$173M
Potential roof exposure — 14,380 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 72 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$1.1M
Close just 0.5% of the 14,380 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
June 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around June 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 $3,020 on top of the $150 plan.
Dodge City hail history
Other storms in Dodge City.
11 recorded storm days in Dodge City, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Aug 6, 2026
1" Estimated 1"
7 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jul 30, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jul 23, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jul 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jul 9, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jun 21, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jun 9, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Jun 1, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
5 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
May 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Dodge City / KS
Apr 9, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 7, 2026.