Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 12 hail signatures up to 2.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 2" aloft. At 2.5" — baseball — this is severe, roof-replacing hail: close to every roof inside the footprint becomes a claim candidate.
A tornado was also reported to the National Weather Service during this storm — see the ground reports below.
2.5"
≈ baseball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature31
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23 hail · 1 wind · 1 tornadoOverview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.
Largest hailstone — the top predictor of roof damage.
How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.
Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.
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 — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.
This was Goodland's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 7 days after the May 9, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Goodland at 2.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 16, 2026 convective day was bigger than Goodland: the same system put hail over 711 other tracked cities, 98 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Edson (11 miles east, up to 4"); Kanorado (16 miles west, up to 2.5"); Brewster (19 miles east, up to 4").
These maps are stills from Goodland'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.
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.
“Between an NWS Employee seeing a ground circulation while a storm chaser noticing a funnel in the same spot from a different angle... brief tornado east of Edson. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Social Media report of a golf ball size hail picture. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“12th and Broadway; hail photo with a tape measure. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Social Media Report 2.05 inch measured hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Size estimated... photo shows hail a little bigger than a quarter. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Social Media report of 2 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Public report of 2 inch hail in Gulick Park. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Public report of 2 inch hail. 11th and Sherman. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Public report of 1.75 inch hail. (Pictured). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Golf Ball Size; 300 block of Sycamore Road in Goodland. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Public report with picture of 2.32 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Sheriff office reported 2 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Relayed report of golf ball sized hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“NWS Employee measured 2 inch hail at the office. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Relayed report from Ham Operator of measure 2.4 inch hail. Had been laying there a few minutes. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Spotter network report of 2.5 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Golf ball sized hail reported on spotter network. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Spotter report of measured with caliper 2.70 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Spotter network report of one inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Delayed report of North of Ruleton... baseball sized hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“Report of 1.25-2 inch hail. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
“ASOS station KGLD Goodland. (GLD)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report
The storm tracked east at roughly 5 mph, based on the timing of ground reports.
Hail was reported over 90 minutes, from to .
Reports came from Ruleton, Caruso, and Edson — beyond Goodland itself.
Two-inch-plus hail punctures shingles, breaks skylights and windows, and dents anything soft. In the core of a footprint like this, close to every roof is a candidate for an insurance claim. Speed decides who writes those jobs.
$372K
Potential roof exposure — 31 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Radar updates in real time, spotter reports appear on the map as they're filed, and the full Goodland storm history — this May 16, 2026 storm included — sits underneath. When you're ready, draw this storm's footprint and pull highly accurate homeowner contact information for every address inside it.
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9 recorded storm days in Goodland, KS
Jul 9, 2026
1.25"
Jul 3, 2026
1.75"
Jun 20, 2026
1.75"
Jun 8, 2026
2.5"
Jun 1, 2026
1.75"
May 29, 2026
0.75"
May 17, 2026
4"
May 9, 2026
0.5"