Hail in Girard May 18, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 0.5". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
0.5"
≈ pea to penny · the largest NEXRAD radar signature33
0
none filedThe 6th most severe storm Girard has seen in the last 12 months
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
- Hail size
- 13 /100
- Homes exposed
- 31 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /100
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
How Girard 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.
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.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 18, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where May 18, 2026 sits in Girard's hail record
This was Girard's 6th recorded hail day, arriving 10 days after the May 8, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 10 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Girard at 0.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 18, 2026 convective day was bigger than Girard: the same system put hail over 726 other tracked cities, 258 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Fort Scott (11 miles north, up to 0.75"); Erie (19 miles west, up to 0.75"); Parsons (22 miles southwest, up to 0.75").
These maps are stills from Girard's May 18, 2026 storm. In the Overview app the same surfaces are live — radar updating in real time, radar-estimated hail size as it forms, and NWS spotter reports pinned where they're filed — with a radar replay you can scrub back over any past day.
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.
Nobody on the ground filed a report over Girard for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.
What 0.5" hail means for Girard roofs
Hail under three-quarters of an inch stays below the National Weather Service severe threshold and rarely breaks shingles outright. But repeated small-hail events accelerate granule loss and shorten roof life — on older roofs, it's still worth a conversation.
$396K
Potential roof exposure — 33 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Girard on the live map
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10 recorded storm days in Girard, KS
Other storms in Girard
Jul 10, 2026
1.75"
Jun 13, 2026
1.25"
May 31, 2026
May 30, 2026
1.5"
May 8, 2026
1"
Apr 23, 2026
Apr 17, 2026
2.75"
Mar 31, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
0.5"