Wind gust 58 mph
1 SW Garden City Finney County
“Garden City Co Op observation. (DDC)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Finney
Hail in Garden City · Jul 23, 2026
NEXRAD logged 3 hail signatures up to 0.5"; the estimated-size surface reached 0" aloft. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 0.5" ≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 11
Ground reports 1 1 wind
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Jul 23, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 14th most severe storm Garden City has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 1.5 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
1.5 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 22 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Garden City saw the hail — from two instruments
Jul 23, 2026 · Garden City, KS
The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.
NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
Radar signature field Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.
Max size
0.5"
Detections
3
Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Estimated size field The modeled maximum hail size across the swath, derived from radar aloft — the largest stone the storm could have supported, which is not necessarily what reached the ground.
Max size
0"
The storm in context
Where Jul 23, 2026 sits in Garden City's hail record.
This was Garden City's 13th recorded hail day, arriving 13 days after the Jul 10, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 14th of the 16 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Garden City at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Jul 23, 2026 convective day was bigger than Garden City: the same system put hail over 164 other tracked cities, 56 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Cimarron (23 miles east, up to 1"); Jetmore (33 miles east, up to 1"); Dodge City (41 miles southeast, up to 1.75").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 16 Garden City 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
1 report filed with the NWS
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.
Wind reports
1 reportBelow the severe threshold
What 0.5" hail means for Garden City 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
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
11 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$132K
Potential roof exposure — 11 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
July 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around July 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 $2 on top of the $150 plan.
Garden City hail history
Other storms in Garden City.
16 recorded storm days in Garden City, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Sep 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Sep 9, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
3 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Aug 15, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jul 10, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jul 3, 2026
1" Signatures 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jul 2, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jul 1, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 30, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 24, 2026
1.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 22, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 21, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
8 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 20, 2026
2.25" Estimated 2.25"
2 ground reports Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 15, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 9, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Garden City / KS
Jun 1, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 1"
1 ground report Open report →
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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon
UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that
spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground
reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm
Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 15, 2026.