Hail in Dorrance Jun 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature39
0
none filedThe 4th most severe storm Dorrance has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 32 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 Dorrance saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where Jun 8, 2026 sits in Dorrance's hail record
This was Dorrance's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 9 days after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Dorrance at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jun 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Dorrance: the same system put hail over 359 other tracked cities, 173 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wilson (11 miles east, up to 2.5"); Russell (14 miles west, up to 1.75"); Sylvan Grove (20 miles east, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Dorrance's Jun 8, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Dorrance. 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.
What 1.75" hail means for Dorrance 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.
$468K
Potential roof exposure — 39 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Dorrance on the live map
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6 recorded storm days in Dorrance, KS
Other storms in Dorrance
Jun 9, 2026
1.25"
May 30, 2026
2"
May 29, 2026
1"
May 17, 2026
4"
Apr 26, 2026
1.5"