Hail in Fort Scott Apr 15, 2026
The radar-estimated size surface caught this storm, reaching 0.5" aloft. NEXRAD logged no point detections over Fort Scott this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft283
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Fort Scott 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
- 13 /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 Fort Scott saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Apr 15, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Fort Scott, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 15, 2026 sits in Fort Scott's hail record
This was Fort Scott's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 40 days after the Mar 6, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Scott at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Apr 15, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Scott: the same system put hail over 425 other tracked cities, 34 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Walnut (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Redfield (14 miles north, up to 0.5"); Stark (16 miles west, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Fort Scott's Apr 15, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Fort Scott. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 0.5" hail means for Fort Scott roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$3.4M
Potential roof exposure — 283 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Fort Scott on the live map
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14 recorded storm days in Fort Scott, KS
Other storms in Fort Scott
Jul 10, 2026
1"
Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Jun 8, 2026
1"
May 31, 2026
1"
May 30, 2026
1.25"
May 29, 2026
2.5"
May 18, 2026
0.75"
May 17, 2026
May 8, 2026
1.25"
Apr 26, 2026
3"
Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 4, 2026