Hail in Fredonia · Mar 3, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; 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 · Mar 3, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 11th most severe storm Fredonia 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
- 30 /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 Fredonia 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 Mar 3, 2026 sits in Fredonia's hail record.
This was Fredonia's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 11th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Fredonia at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Mar 3, 2026 convective day was bigger than Fredonia: the same system put hail over 80 other tracked cities, 17 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Altoona (13 miles northeast, up to 1"); Sedan (41 miles southwest, up to 1"); Winfield (62 miles west, up to 0").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Fredonia 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 Fredonia. 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 Fredonia 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
$384K
Potential roof exposure — 32 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
March 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around March 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 $7 on top of the $150 plan.
Fredonia hail history
Other storms in Fredonia.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jul 10, 2026
2.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 25, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Jun 21, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 27, 2026
2.25"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 17, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Apr 3, 2026
1.25"
NEXRAD surface Apr 1, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
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