/ Storm field report · Chautauqua

Hail in Havana · Apr 26, 2026

NEXRAD logged 23 hail signatures up to 2.25"; the estimated-size surface had no signal that day. At 2.25" — tennis ball — this is a severe hail signal associated with roof damage. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 2.25" ≈ tennis ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature
Homes in the hail footprint 224
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 NEXRAD only

Convective day · Apr 26, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The most severe storm Havana has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 4.6 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

4.6 /10
Peak hail signal
56 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
47 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Havana saw the hail — from two instruments

Apr 26, 2026 · Havana, KS

The maps here read the same storm from two angles — point detections from NEXRAD, and modeled hail size aloft. Where the two disagree is informative: it marks where estimated size outran the signatures, or trailed them.

NEXRAD radar signatures Surface resolved
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Havana, KS on Apr 26, 2026 Radar signature field

Where NEXRAD flagged hail as the storm passed — point signatures from the radar, which indicate hail overhead rather than confirm what landed.

Max size 2.25" Detections 23

Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 26, 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 Apr 26, 2026 sits in Havana's hail record.

This was Havana's 2nd recorded hail day, arriving 1 day after the Apr 25, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 1st of the 4 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Havana at 2.25" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.

The Apr 26, 2026 convective day was bigger than Havana: the same system put hail over 710 other tracked cities, 277 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Sedan (13 miles southwest, up to 2.25"); Elk City (15 miles north, up to 2.75"); Longton (17 miles north, up to 2").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 4 Havana 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

No reports filed with the NWS

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 Havana 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.

Severe hail signal

What 2.25" hail means for Havana roofs.

Two-inch-plus hail is capable of puncturing shingles, breaking skylights or windows, and heavily denting soft materials. The strongest radar bands warrant prompt inspection, but neither the signal nor the footprint confirms damage at a specific address.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

224 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$2.7M

Potential roof exposure — 224 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
1 job
Illustrative work
~$15K

Close just 0.5% of the 224 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

April 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around April 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $47 on top of the $150 plan.

Havana hail history

4 recorded storm days in Havana, KS

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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 tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Aug 2, 2026.