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Hail in Dodge City · Aug 6, 2026

Hit 37 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Dodge City that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1" ≈ quarter · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 6,790
Ground reports 7 7 hail
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 6, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Dodge City has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.9 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.9 /10
Peak hail signal
25 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
77 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
100 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Dodge City saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 6, 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
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Aug 6, 2026 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 1"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 6, 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 Aug 6, 2026 sits in Dodge City's hail record.

This was Dodge City's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dodge City at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 6, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dodge City: the same system put hail over 461 other tracked cities, 63 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Montezuma (26 miles southwest, up to 2"); Plains (39 miles southwest, up to 1.5"); Ashland (42 miles south, up to 3").

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

7 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

7 reports
Hail size 1"
2 SW Dodge City Ford County

“Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
1 SW Dodge City Ford County

“Public report of half sized hail. (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 NNW Dodge City Ford County

“Off-duty NWS employee reported 1.25 inch hail. (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1"
2 NNW Dodge City Ford County

“(DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 2"
2 N Dodge City Ford County

“Off duty NWS meteorologist reported 2 inch hail. (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
2 N Dodge City Ford County

“Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Dodge City Ford County

“Public social media report with pictures. (DDC)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1" hail means for Dodge City roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

6,790 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$81M

Potential roof exposure — 6,790 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
34 jobs
Illustrative work
~$510K

Close just 0.5% of the 6,790 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 $1,426 on top of the $150 plan.

Dodge City hail history

Other storms in Dodge City.

11 recorded storm days in Dodge City, KS
← All hail in Dodge City
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jul 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jul 30, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jul 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jul 23, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jul 10, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jul 9, 2026 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 →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jun 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jun 21, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jun 20, 2026

3"
Estimated 3"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jun 9, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jun 9, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Jun 1, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

Jun 1, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
5 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Dodge City / KS

May 30, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Dodge City, KS on Apr 9, 2026 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.