Hail in Elk City May 18, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Elk City this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft21
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Elk City 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
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 27 /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 Elk City 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-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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Elk City, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Elk City's hail record
This was Elk City's 7th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the May 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Elk City at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Elk City: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Longton (9 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Howard (15 miles north, up to 0.5"); Elk Falls (18 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Elk City's May 18, 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.
For this storm over Elk City, 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.
What 0.5" hail means for Elk City roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$252K
Potential roof exposure — 21 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Elk City on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Elk City, KS
Other storms in Elk City
Jun 21, 2026
0.75"
Jun 16, 2026
0.5"
May 31, 2026
1.75"
May 8, 2026
1"
Apr 26, 2026
2.75"
Apr 25, 2026
1.25"
Apr 17, 2026
4"
Apr 3, 2026
2.5"
Apr 1, 2026