Hail in Hiawatha Apr 17, 2026
NEXRAD caught this storm: 1 hail signature up to 1". The radar-estimated size surface had no signal to model this day.
1"
≈ quarter · the largest NEXRAD radar signature1
0
none filedThe 12th most severe storm Hiawatha 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
- 6 /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 Hiawatha saw the hail — from two instruments
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.
NEXRAD radar signatures — the point detections the storm produced overhead. A signature is where the radar saw hail, not a confirmed stone on the ground.
Only the NEXRAD radar-signature surface resolved for Apr 17, 2026 — the estimated-size swath had no hail signal to model for this storm, so there is one map to show, not two.
Where Apr 17, 2026 sits in Hiawatha's hail record
This was Hiawatha's 5th recorded hail day, arriving 6 days after the Apr 11, 2026 storm. By severity it ranks 12th of the 17 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Hiawatha at 1" — the largest NEXRAD radar signature.
The Apr 17, 2026 convective day was bigger than Hiawatha: the same system put hail over 1,016 other tracked cities, 144 of them in Kansas. Nearest: Craig (19 miles northeast, up to 0.75"); Effingham (31 miles southeast, up to 2.5"); Fillmore (33 miles east, up to 1.25").
These maps are stills from Hiawatha's Apr 17, 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.
No ground reports were filed with the National Weather Service for this storm over Hiawatha. That is common: a report depends on someone being there to see it and take the time to call it in. The radar surfaces above are the record here — the storm was detected from above even though no one on the ground logged it.
What 1" hail means for Hiawatha 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.
$12K
Potential roof exposure — 1 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.Track hail over Hiawatha on the live map
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17 recorded storm days in Hiawatha, KS
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Jul 3, 2026
1"
Jun 20, 2026
0.75"
Jun 13, 2026
1"
Jun 10, 2026
1"
Jun 4, 2026
1"
May 30, 2026
1"
May 18, 2026
0.75"
May 17, 2026
1.25"
May 16, 2026
1.75"
Apr 26, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
1.25"
Apr 11, 2026
0.5"Mar 31, 2026
1"
Mar 6, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
1.75"