Hail in Fort Riley Apr 25, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1,009
0
none filedThe 3rd most severe storm Fort Riley 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 60 /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 Fort Riley 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 25, 2026 sits in Fort Riley's hail record
This was Fort Riley's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 2 days after the Apr 23, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 5 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Riley at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 25, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Riley: the same system put hail over 392 other tracked cities, 52 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Wakefield (17 miles northwest, up to 1"); Clay Center (25 miles northwest, up to 1.75"); Miltonvale (41 miles northwest, up to 2.5").
These maps are stills from Fort Riley's Apr 25, 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 Fort Riley, 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" hail means for Fort Riley roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
$12M
Potential roof exposure — 1,009 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fort Riley on the live map
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5 recorded storm days in Fort Riley, KS
Other storms in Fort Riley
Jun 8, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
3.25"
May 17, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
1.75"