Hail in Hamilton · May 4, 2026
NEXRAD logged 0 hail signatures up to 1"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.
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Convective day · May 4, 2026 · noon–noon UTC
Severity
The 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.
- Peak hail signal
- 25 /100
- Homes exposed
- 0 /100
- Ground truth
- 0 /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 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.
Radar signature field 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.
The storm in context
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 10 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 (39 miles north, up to 1"); Strong City (41 miles northwest, up to 0.5").
These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 10 Hamilton 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
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.
Damage-capable hail signal
What 1" hail means for Hamilton roofs.
Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.
Radar reading · not confirmed damage
Hamilton hail history
Other storms in Hamilton.
Estimated-size surface Sep 12, 2026
0.5"
NEXRAD surface Jun 25, 2026
0.5"
Estimated-size surface Jun 13, 2026
0.75"
Estimated-size surface May 31, 2026
1.75"
Estimated-size surface May 30, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Apr 26, 2026
4"
Estimated-size surface Apr 23, 2026
1"
NEXRAD surface Apr 17, 2026
1"
Estimated-size surface Mar 5, 2026
1"The next storm won’t wait for you.
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