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Hail in Fall River · May 30, 2026

NEXRAD logged 58 hail signatures up to 3"; the estimated-size surface reached 2" aloft. At 3" — 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" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 174
Ground reports 2 2 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size

Convective day · May 30, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Fall River has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 6.1 / 10
Storm severity score

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

6.1 /10
Peak hail signal
75 /100

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

Homes exposed
45 /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 Fall River saw the hail — from two instruments

May 30, 2026 · Fall River, 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.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Fall River, KS on May 30, 2026 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.

Max size 3" Detections 58
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Fall River, KS on May 30, 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 2"

The storm in context

Where May 30, 2026 sits in Fall River's hail record.

This was Fall River's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the May 18, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fall River at 3" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The May 30, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fall River: the same system put hail over 541 other tracked cities, 228 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Fredonia (17 miles southeast, up to 1.75"); Hamilton (17 miles north, up to 1"); Buffalo (19 miles east, up to 2.5").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 9 Fall River 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

2 reports
Hail size 1"
Fall River Greenwood County

“(ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail size 1.25"
Fall River Greenwood County

“(ICT)”

— NOAA / SPC storm report

Severe hail signal

What 3" hail means for Fall River 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.

174 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.1M

Potential roof exposure — 174 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 174 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 $37 on top of the $150 plan.

Fall River hail history

9 recorded storm days in Fall River, KS

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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 3, 2026.