Hail in El Dorado · May 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 15 hail signatures up to 2.25"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — 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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Convective day · May 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 2nd most severe storm El Dorado 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
- 56 /100
- Homes exposed
- 68 /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 El Dorado 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.
Radar signature field 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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 31, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where May 31, 2026 sits in El Dorado's hail record.
This was El Dorado's 10th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over El Dorado at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than El Dorado: the same system put hail over 637 other tracked cities, 89 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Eureka (23 miles east, up to 1.75"); Cottonwood Falls (31 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Howard (32 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 El Dorado 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.
For this storm over El Dorado, the NWS report log is empty — a common outcome, since ground reports only happen when someone witnesses the hail and takes the time to call it in. The detection record for the date lives in the radar maps above.
Severe hail signal
What 2.25" hail means for El Dorado 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.
Potential roof exposure
$30M
Potential roof exposure — 2,537 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 13 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$195K
Close just 0.5% of the 2,537 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
May 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around May 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 $533 on top of the $150 plan.
El Dorado hail history
Other storms in El Dorado.
Estimated-size surface Aug 7, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 17, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface May 22, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Mar 10, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Mar 5, 2026
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