Hail in Fort Scott May 8, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 14 hail signatures up to 1.25", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.5" aloft.
1.25"
≈ half-dollar · the largest NEXRAD radar signature181
0
none filedThe 5th 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
- 31 /100
- Homes exposed
- 45 /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.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
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.
Where May 8, 2026 sits in Fort Scott's hail record
This was Fort Scott's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 12 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 5th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Scott at 1.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 8, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Scott: the same system put hail over 378 other tracked cities, 13 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Walnut (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25"); Farlington (9 miles southeast, up to 1"); Girard (11 miles south, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fort Scott's May 8, 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.
The National Weather Service logged no spotter reports for this storm over Fort Scott. That absence is ordinary — filing a report takes a person on the spot who saw the hail and phoned it in. What stands as the record for this date is the radar above, which caught the storm regardless.
What 1.25" hail means for Fort Scott 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.
$2.2M
Potential roof exposure — 181 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
Apr 26, 2026
3"
Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 4, 2026