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Hail in Erie · Sep 12, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Erie that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,171
Ground reports 2 1 hail · 1 wind
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 12, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 7th most severe storm Erie has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.9 / 10
Storm severity score

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

3.9 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

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

Homes exposed
61 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
33 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Erie saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 12, 2026 · Erie, KS

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Sep 12, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 12, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Erie, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 12, 2026 sits in Erie's hail record.

This was Erie's 14th recorded hail day, arriving 64 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Erie at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 12, 2026 convective day was bigger than Erie: the same system put hail over 354 other tracked cities, 113 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Stark (4 miles northeast, up to 1.25"); Walnut (9 miles southeast, up to 0.75"); Chanute (14 miles west, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Erie 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

2 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

1 report
Hail size 1"
2 SE Erie Neosho County

“(ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind reports

1 report
Wind gust 60 mph
7 E Petrolia Allen County

“(ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Storm forensics

How the storm moved

Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports

Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.

Hail was reported over 329 minutes, from to .

Reports came from Petrolia — beyond Erie itself.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Erie 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.

1,171 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$14M

Potential roof exposure — 1,171 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
6 jobs
Illustrative work
~$90K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,171 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $246 on top of the $150 plan.

Erie hail history

Other storms in Erie.

14 recorded storm days in Erie, KS
← All hail in Erie
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Jul 10, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Jul 10, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Jun 25, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Jun 25, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Jun 13, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Jun 13, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Jun 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Jun 7, 2026

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

May 31, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on May 30, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

May 30, 2026

2.25"
Signatures 2.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Erie, KS on May 18, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Erie / KS

May 18, 2026

0.75"
Signatures 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on May 8, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

May 8, 2026

1.25"
Signatures 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Apr 26, 2026

3"
Signatures 3" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Apr 17, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Apr 17, 2026

3.25"
Signatures 3.25" Estimated 1.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Apr 15, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Apr 15, 2026

1.75"
Estimated 1.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Mar 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Mar 31, 2026

1.75"
Signatures 1.75" Estimated 0.75"
1 ground report Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Erie, KS on Mar 6, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Erie / KS

Mar 6, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
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 Sep 13, 2026.