Hail size 1"
Hepler Crawford County
“(SGF)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
/ Storm field report · Crawford
Hail in Girard · Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD logged 7 hail signatures up to 2.75"; the estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft. At 2.75" — baseball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Peak hail signal 2.75" ≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 88
Ground reports 1 1 hail
Radar surfaces 2 NEXRAD + estimated size
Convective day · Apr 17, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The most severe storm Girard has seen in the last 12 months
Composite score · 5.3 / 10
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
5.3 /10
- Peak hail signal
- 69 /100
- Homes exposed
- 39 /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 Girard saw the hail — from two instruments
Apr 17, 2026 · Girard, 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
2.75"
Detections
7
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
0.75"
The storm in context
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Girard's hail record.
This was Girard's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 17 days after the Mar 31, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 11 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Girard at 2.75" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Girard: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 144 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Saint Paul (9 miles southwest, up to 3.25"); Walnut (9 miles northwest, up to 3.25"); Parsons (13 miles southwest, up to 3.25").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 11 Girard 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.
Hail reports
1 reportStorm forensics
How the storm moved
Timing and place names from NOAA ground reports
Read from the arrival times and locations of the NOAA ground reports, not a radar-measured storm track.
Reports came from Hepler — beyond Girard itself.
Severe hail signal
What 2.75" hail means for Girard roofs.
Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Roofing exposure
What this storm is worth to a roofer.
88 homes × $12,000 avg. claim
Potential roof exposure
$1.1M
Potential roof exposure — 88 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.
Claim window
April 2028
Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 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 $18 on top of the $150 plan.
Girard hail history
Other storms in Girard.
11 recorded storm days in Girard, KS
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
Sep 12, 2026
0.75" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
Jul 10, 2026
1.75" Signatures 1.75" Estimated 1"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
Jun 13, 2026
1.25" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
May 31, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
May 30, 2026
1.5" Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Girard / KS
May 18, 2026
0.5" Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
May 8, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD surface Storm date Girard / KS
Apr 23, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
Mar 31, 2026
No ground reports filed Open report →
Estimated-size surface Storm date Girard / KS
Mar 10, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 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 13, 2026.