Hail in Frankfort · Aug 14, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.5" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 14, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 17th most severe storm Frankfort 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
- 13 /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 Frankfort 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 signature field 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.
Estimated size field 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.
The storm in context
Where Aug 14, 2026 sits in Frankfort's hail record.
This was Frankfort's 17th recorded hail day, arriving 15 days after the Jul 30, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 17th of the 19 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Frankfort at 0.5" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 14, 2026 convective day was bigger than Frankfort: the same system put hail over 316 other tracked cities, 53 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Blue Rapids (9 miles southwest, up to 0.5"); Westmoreland (14 miles south, up to 0.75"); Randolph (17 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 19 Frankfort 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.
For this storm over Frankfort, 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.
Below the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Frankfort roofs.
Radar signals under three-quarters of an inch stay below the National Weather Service severe threshold and generally indicate lower roof risk. Older or already-worn materials can still show effects, but radar alone cannot determine whether a specific roof was damaged.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Frankfort hail history
Other storms in Frankfort.
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 18, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jul 8, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jul 3, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Jun 10, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 4, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 29, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface May 18, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface May 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 16, 2026
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Apr 9, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 6, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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