Wind gust 62 mph
2 N Glen Elder Mitchell County
“(GID)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
Hail in Glen Elder May 16, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 0", and the radar-estimated size reached 0" aloft.
Largest hailstone
0"
≈ pea to penny · radar-estimated size aloft Homes in the hail footprint
0
Ground reports
1
1 windThe 6th most severe storm Glen Elder has seen in the last 12 months
Storm severity score
Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
0.2 /10
- Hail size
- 0 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 17 /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 Glen Elder saw the hail — from two instruments
We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.
NEXRAD radar signatures
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Max size
0"
Detections
0
Radar-estimated hail size
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
Max size
0"
Where May 16, 2026 sits in Glen Elder's hail record
This was Glen Elder's 3rd recorded hail day, arriving 21 days after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 6th of the 6 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Glen Elder at 0" — radar-estimated size aloft.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Glen Elder: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Randall (14 miles east, up to 1"); Beloit (15 miles southeast, up to 1"); Jewell (15 miles northeast, up to 1").
These maps are stills from Glen Elder's May 16, 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.
Wind reports
1 reportWhat 0" hail means for Glen Elder 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.
Track hail over Glen Elder on the live map
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Glen Elder hail history
← All hail in Glen Elder 6 recorded storm days in Glen Elder, KS
Other storms in Glen Elder
Jul 3, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 2.5"
No ground reports filed 
Jun 8, 2026
2.5" Signatures 2.5" Estimated 1.5"
No ground reports filed 
May 17, 2026
1" Signatures 1" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 25, 2026
1.25" Signatures 1.25" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed 
Apr 14, 2026
0.5" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed
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 surfaces are detections and estimates,
not confirmed damage. Last updated Aug 3, 2026.