Hail in Fort Scott · May 31, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 31, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
Evidence / storm surfaces
How Fort Scott saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
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.
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.
The storm in context
Where May 31, 2026 sits in Fort Scott's hail record.
This was Fort Scott's 11th recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the May 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 11th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Scott at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 31, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Scott: the same system put hail over 637 other tracked cities, 89 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Redfield (5 miles west, up to 1"); Uniontown (11 miles west, up to 1.75"); Mapleton (15 miles north, up to 1").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Fort Scott 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
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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Fort Scott roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Fort Scott hail history
Other storms in Fort Scott.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 4, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 8, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
0.75"
NEXRAD surface May 17, 2026
Estimated-size surface May 8, 2026
1.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
3"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
Estimated-size surface Mar 4, 2026
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