Hail in Fort Scott Jul 4, 2026
Hit 30 days agoBoth radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 22 hail signatures up to 1.75", and the radar-estimated size reached 1" aloft.
1.75"
≈ golf ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature487
0
none filedThe 4th 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
- 44 /100
- Homes exposed
- 54 /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
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.
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.
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.
Where Jul 4, 2026 sits in Fort Scott's hail record
This was Fort Scott's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 26 days after the Jun 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 4th of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fort Scott at 1.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fort Scott: the same system put hail over 2,035 other tracked cities, 132 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Fulton (21 miles north, up to 1.75"); Mapleton (21 miles north, up to 1.75"); Liberal (23 miles east, up to 0").
These maps are stills from Fort Scott's Jul 4, 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 Scott, 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 1.75" hail means for Fort Scott roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$5.8M
Potential roof exposure — 487 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"
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"
Apr 15, 2026
0.5"
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 4, 2026