Hail in Fort Scott May 18, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 5 hail signatures up to 0.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
0.75"
≈ penny to nickel · the largest NEXRAD radar signature46
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
- 19 /100
- Homes exposed
- 33 /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
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Fort Scott's hail record
This was Fort Scott's 8th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 17, 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 0.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Scott: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Girard (11 miles south, up to 0.5"); Bronson (16 miles northwest, up to 0.5"); Liberal (23 miles east, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Fort Scott's May 18, 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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Fort Scott for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.75" hail means for Fort Scott roofs
Hail this size sits right at the edge of the National Weather Service severe threshold. Newer roofs usually shrug it off, but aging or already-worn shingles can bruise, and soft metals — vents, flashing, gutters — often show the first dents.
$552K
Potential roof exposure — 46 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 17, 2026
May 8, 2026
1.25"
Apr 26, 2026
3"
Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 4, 2026