Hail in Fall River Apr 17, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 30 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature278
0
none filedThe 5th most severe storm Fall River 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 49 /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 Fall River saw the hail — from two instruments
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Fall River's hail record
This was Fall River's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 14 days after the Apr 3, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fall River at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fall River: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 144 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Howard (11 miles south, up to 1.75"); Fredonia (13 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Hamilton (17 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fall River's Apr 17, 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 Fall River, 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 1.5" hail means for Fall River 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.
$3.3M
Potential roof exposure — 278 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fall River on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Fall River, KS
Other storms in Fall River
Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Jun 25, 2026
1.75"
May 31, 2026
1"
May 30, 2026
3"
May 18, 2026
0.5"
Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Apr 3, 2026
1.5"
Mar 31, 2026
1"