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Hail in Emporia · Aug 5, 2026

Hit 38 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 3.5" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Emporia that day. At 3.5" — 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 3.5" ≈ baseball · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 13,713
Ground reports 3 2 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Aug 5, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Emporia has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 8.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

8.1 /10
Peak hail signal
88 /100

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

Homes exposed
83 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
50 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Emporia saw the hail — from two instruments

Aug 5, 2026 · Emporia, KS

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 hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Aug 5, 2026 Estimated size field

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.

Max size 3.5"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 5, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Emporia, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Aug 5, 2026 sits in Emporia's hail record.

This was Emporia's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 32 days after the Jul 4, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 13 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Emporia at 3.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Aug 5, 2026 convective day was bigger than Emporia: the same system put hail over 243 other tracked cities, 62 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Americus (3 miles north, up to 3.5"); Neosho Rapids (14 miles east, up to 2.5"); Reading (14 miles east, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 13 Emporia 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

3 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

2 reports
Hail size 2"
1 E Emporia Lyon County

“(TOP)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.75"
1 ENE Emporia Lyon County

“(TOP)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 60 mph
3 E Emporia Lyon County

“Personal weather station. (TOP)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 3.5" hail means for Emporia 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.

13,713 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$165M

Potential roof exposure — 13,713 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
69 jobs
Illustrative work
~$1M

Close just 0.5% of the 13,713 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 $2,880 on top of the $150 plan.

Emporia hail history

Other storms in Emporia.

13 recorded storm days in Emporia, KS
← All hail in Emporia
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Jul 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Jul 4, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Jul 3, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Jul 3, 2026

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

Jun 10, 2026

1.5"
Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Jun 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Jun 8, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on May 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

May 31, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
4 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

May 30, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
2 ground reports Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on May 18, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

May 18, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on May 4, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

May 4, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Apr 26, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Apr 23, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Apr 23, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Apr 17, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Emporia, KS on Apr 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Emporia / KS

Apr 13, 2026

2.5"
Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
3 ground reports 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 6, 2026.