Hail in Frankfort · Aug 18, 2026
The estimated-size surface reached 1" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Frankfort that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · Aug 18, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 7th 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 53 /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.
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.
Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Aug 18, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Frankfort, so there is one map to show, not two.
The storm in context
Where Aug 18, 2026 sits in Frankfort's hail record.
This was Frankfort's 18th recorded hail day, arriving 4 days after the Aug 14, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 20 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Frankfort at 1" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The Aug 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Frankfort: the same system put hail over 309 other tracked cities, 47 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Westmoreland (7 miles south, up to 1.75"); Blue Rapids (9 miles northwest, up to 1.25"); Olsburg (9 miles southwest, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 20 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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Frankfort 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
Potential roof exposure
$5.4M
Potential roof exposure — 453 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
- Illustrative jobs
- 2 jobs
- Illustrative work
- ~$30K
Close just 0.5% of the 453 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.
Claim window
August 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around August 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.
Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $95 on top of the $150 plan.
Frankfort hail history
Other storms in Frankfort.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 19, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Aug 14, 2026
0.5"
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
0.5"Take your next area into the field.
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