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Hail in Herington · Sep 19, 2026

Hit 2 days ago

The estimated-size surface reached 0.75" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Herington that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 0.75" ≈ penny to nickel · radar-estimated size aloft

Homes in the hail footprint 330

Ground reports 2 2 wind

Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Sep 19, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 7th most severe storm Herington has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 2.9 / 10

Storm severity score

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

2.9 /10

Peak hail signal: 19 /100
Homes exposed: 50 /100
Ground truth: 33 /100

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Herington saw the hail — from two instruments

Sep 19, 2026 · Herington, KS

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.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved

Map image is still rendering for this surface.

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 0.75"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Sep 19, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Herington, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Sep 19, 2026 sits in Herington's hail record.

This was Herington's 15th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Sep 13, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 7th of the 15 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Herington at 0.75" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Sep 19, 2026 convective day was bigger than Herington: the same system put hail over 336 other tracked cities, 90 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Hope (8 miles west, up to 1"); Abilene (13 miles northwest, up to 1"); Chapman (14 miles north, up to 1").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 15 Herington 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

2 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.

Wind reports

2 reports

Wind gust 65 mph

1 W Herington Dickinson County

11:11 PM UTC

“Measured gust on personal anemometer. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Wind gust 65 mph

1 SSE Herington Dickinson County

11:19 PM UTC

“Personal weather station measured 65 mph gust. (TOP)”
— NOAA / SPC storm report

Near the severe threshold

What 0.75" hail means for Herington roofs.

A signal this size sits near the National Weather Service severe threshold. Aging shingles and soft metals such as vents, flashing, and gutters may be more vulnerable; roof age, wind, and material condition all matter, and only an inspection can confirm damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

330 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$4M

Potential roof exposure — 330 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs: 2 jobs
Illustrative work: ~$30K

Close just 0.5% of the 330 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

September 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around September 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 $69 on top of the $150 plan.

Herington hail history

15 recorded storm days in Herington, KS

← All hail in Herington

Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Herington, KS on Sep 13, 2026

Estimated-size surface

Storm date Herington / 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 Sep 20, 2026.

The 7th most severe storm Herington has seen in the last 12 months

How Herington saw the hail — from two instruments

Where Sep 19, 2026 sits in Herington's hail record.

What people on the ground reported

Wind reports

What 0.75" hail means for Herington roofs.

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

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