Hail in Hazelton May 29, 2026
Both radar surfaces caught this storm: NEXRAD logged 17 hail signatures up to 1.5", and the radar-estimated size reached 0.75" aloft.
1.5"
≈ ping-pong ball · the largest NEXRAD radar signature144
0
none filedThe 2nd most severe storm Hazelton 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
- 38 /100
- Homes exposed
- 43 /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 Hazelton saw the hail — from two instruments
Each storm gets two readings: the radar signatures NEXRAD recorded as the cells passed overhead, and a modeled estimate of hail size in the air. They are independent surfaces, so a mismatch between them is expected — and worth reading.
The point detections NEXRAD recorded overhead. Each signature marks where the radar saw hail aloft — it is a detection, not a stone measured on the ground.
Radar-estimated hail size over the swath. The model reports the biggest stone the storm could sustain in the air; what actually fell may have been smaller.
Where May 29, 2026 sits in Hazelton's hail record
This was Hazelton's 4th recorded hail day, arriving 33 days after the Apr 26, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 2nd of the 7 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hazelton at 1.5" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The May 29, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hazelton: the same system put hail over 350 other tracked cities, 116 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Attica (12 miles northeast, up to 1.75"); Burlington (14 miles south, up to 2"); Medicine Lodge (15 miles north, up to 3").
These maps are stills from Hazelton's May 29, 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 Hazelton 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 1.5" hail means for Hazelton roofs
At an inch and a half, hail cracks shingles, strips granules down to the mat, and dents gutters, vents, and siding. A footprint like this typically produces a wave of insurance claims — and the contractor who reaches the homeowner first usually gets the inspection.
$1.7M
Potential roof exposure — 144 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hazelton on the live map
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7 recorded storm days in Hazelton, KS
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