Hail in Hamilton May 4, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 0 hail signatures up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature0
0
none filedThe 8th most severe storm Hamilton 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
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /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 Hamilton saw the hail — from two instruments
Two instruments, one storm: NEXRAD logs the point signatures it detected overhead, while the estimated-size surface models how large the hail aloft could have grown. Agreement between them is not guaranteed — the gaps are where the model ran ahead of, or behind, the detections.
NEXRAD's hail signatures for this storm: the spots the radar detected from above. A detection overhead is not the same thing as a confirmed stone below.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for May 4, 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 4, 2026 sits in Hamilton's hail record
This was Hamilton's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 8 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 8th of the 9 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hamilton at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 4, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hamilton: the same system put hail over 428 other tracked cities, 35 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Hartford (24 miles north, up to 1"); Emporia (35 miles north, up to 1"); Strong City (41 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills from Hamilton's May 4, 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 Hamilton 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 1" hail means for Hamilton roofs
Quarter-size and larger hail is where asphalt shingle damage starts in earnest: bruised mats and granule loss that homeowners can't see from the ground. Most people inside the footprint won't know their roof was hit until someone inspects it.
Track hail over Hamilton on the live map
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9 recorded storm days in Hamilton, KS
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